| Maker(s): | Charlot, Jean
| | Culture: | American born France (1898 - 1974)
| | Title: | Portrait of a Young Man, 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: 24 3/4 x 19 in.; 62.865 x 48.26 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signed in pencil at lower right: Jean Charlot. Study from model for MdConough mural., dated in pencil at lower right of head: 10-41, inscribed in pencil at upper right: MacDonough / Head A / MD1, inscribed in pencil at lower right on verso: 61. J Charlot, inscribed in pencil at upper right on verso: FROM JEAN CHARLOT / 940 S. LUMPKIN / ATHENS / GA. / Dr WALTER HEIL DIRECTOR / M.H. de YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM / GOLDEN GATE PARK / SAN FRANCISCO / CAL
| | Accession Number: | SC 1945.4.1
| | Credit Line: | Purchased
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
bust of an African American male with close cropped hair wearing a white open neck shirt looking toward his proper right; man; portrait; study of cast; anatomy; human
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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