Museum object · Visual Arts
Girl's Profile
1929
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 linocut depicting a young woman in profile. She appears from the shoulders up, facing the right side of the print. She has black, chin-length hair, dark skin, and a multilayered collar or necklace. Behind her is an abstract landscape of grass and sky. The title of the print [Girl’s Profile] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner underneath the image with [a/p] written on the bottom center. The print is signed on the bottom right corner in pencil, [James L. Wells].
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Catalog reference: 2023.111.84.1
