Woman

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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 mimeograph reproduction of Woman, by Hartwell Yeargans for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black ink on white paper it is a reproduction of a charcoal drawing that depicts the abstract figure of a woman, seated sideways on an upholstered chair with her proper right elbow and knee propped against the chair back and her proper right foot resting on the front edge of the chair seat. Her proper left foot rests on the floor. In the background, on the left, is a console with one turned leg visible and with a potted plant sitting on top of it. In the background, on the right, is a wall with a wavy pattern and beneath the chair and the figure is a wooden floor with wide planks. The artist signature and date [H Yeargans / 51’] is in the bottom right corner. The verso is blank.

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