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[Folk art portraits of two African American women and two African American men] [graphic] / MAB. '09.
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129905
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Title
[Folk art portraits of two African American women and two African American men] [graphic] / MAB. '09.
Date
[1909]
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 8 x 21 cm (3 x 8 in.)
Description
Folk art bust-length portraits of two African American men and two African American women, portrayed in racist caricature, shown in a row, alternating woman, then man. In the left, the woman, wearing her hair in two braids tied with blue bows on either side of her head that stick out, with red lips, and attired in an off-the-shoulder blue dress with ruffles, faces forward with her eyes looking left. Beside her the man, with red lips and attired in a white collared shirt, a pink tie, and a black jacket, slightly faces left and his eyes look at the woman. The woman, wearing her hair tied in multiple braids, with pink lips, and attired in a pink, ruffled dress, looks to the left. In the right, the man, with pink lips and attired in a blue bowtie, a white shirt with blue stripes, and a black jacket, faces left and looks at the woman.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner, 1984.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Folk art.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Watercolors -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Drawings & Watercolors - Unidentified - Faces [P.9057.28]
Accession number
P.9057.28
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1901-1980
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