Bush Man

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A lithograph depicting the figure of a man in black ink on off-white paper. Shown from the hips up, he stands in profile to the viewer, his back straight and his gaze directly in front of him. The sketch lines are visible amidst the softer, wider shadings of the man’s face, hair, and body. Animated splotches and splatters of black ink line the back side of the figure, starting at the top of the head and extending to the small of his back. Handwritten in graphite beneath the image is the edition [3/5] at left, the title [Bush Man] at center, and the artist’s signature and date [Michael B. Platt 02] at right.

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