Museum object · Visual Arts
Bathsheba and Attendant II
1980
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A color print depicting two nude female figures, one in brown and one in green. The figures appear in the center of the image in front of a large, circular yellow window. The brown figure is seated and the green figure stands next to her, helping. In the foreground is a bookshelf or table, the top of which is bright yellow. There is a small potted plant at center, a lamp to the right, and various small objects below, all in blue and green. The background is a dark blue with small, abstract designs in grey, and a yellow sun or moon near the top left corner. The title of the print [Bathsheba and Attendant II] is written in pencil at the bottom left corner underneath the image with [5th Imp.] written in the bottom center. The print is signed in pencil at the bottom right corner [James L. Wells ‘80].
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Catalog reference: 2023.111.42.1
