| Maker(s): | Charlot, Jean
| | Culture: | American born France (1898 - 1974)
| | Title: | Portrait of a Young Woman, study from model for McDonough Post Office mural
| | Date Made: | 1941
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | charcoal and graphite on off white modern laid paper
| | Place Made: | United States; Georgia; Athens
| | Measurements: | sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 15/16 in.; 48.5775 x 63.3413 cm; sheet (folded): 19 1/8 x 16 13/16 in.; 48.5775 x 42.7038 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | dated and signed in pencil at lower right 11-41 / Jean Charlot, inscribed in pencil at lower left: Study from model for McDonough mural, Ga., inscribed in pencil at upper right: Head D-MD6, inscribed in pencil at lower left on verso: 58. J. Charlot
| | Accession Number: | SC 1945.4.4
| | Credit Line: | Purchased
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
bust of an African American woman with chin length hair curled and pulled behind ears wearing small white earring, plain top with double strand necklace looking toward her proper left; woman; female; anatomy; figure
Label Text:
The drawing is for the mural located in Athens, Georgia at the McDonough Post Office and was commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts, Public Building Administration, Washington, DC. In compliance with the standards for subject matter in public murals, the general theme for this mural is cotton, agricultural implements and manufacture of overalls. Jean Charlot was artist-in-residence at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia through a generous grant by the Carnegie Corporation from 1941 through 1943.
Tags:
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