Ye Shall Inherit the Earth

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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 black and white offest lithograph titled “Ye Shall Inherit the Earth” by Charles White. The lithograph depicts Rosa Lee Ingram holding her infant child. Ingram faces forward, holding the unclothed child in her bent proper right arm, her proper left hand on the child's forehead, which is tucked under Ingram's chin. Ingram wears a wide brimmed hat and a short-sleeved garment with fabric draped around both Ingram's and the child's hips. The artist’s signature is near the bottom right in the folding of the cloth, handwritten in black ink: [CHARLES / WHITE ‘53]. At the front, right bottom corner in black text is [IV], marking the number of lithograph in the portfolio. It is the fourth of six lithographs from the portfolio “Charles White: Six Drawings” printed by Masses & Mainstream, Inc.

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