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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 13/16 x 19 1/16 in.; 63.0238 x 48.4188 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed in pencil at lower left: Study for McDonough mural / Jean Charlot, dated in pencil at lower right of head: 10-41, inscribed in pencil at upper right: Head C. 1st pose / MD3, inscribed in pencil at lower right on verso: 59. J Charlot
Accession Number:  SC 1945.4.3
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; 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:
men; portraits

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