9 Aaron Douglas, Charleston, ca

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TitleCharleston

Creator nameDouglas, Aaron

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1928

Object typePainting

MaterialsGouache and pencil on paper board

Dimensions14 11/16 × 9 13/16 in. (37.3 × 24.9 cm)

LocationNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

https://ncartmuseum.org/art/detail/charleston

Accession number2005.15

SubjectsSilhouettesHarlem RenaissanceLynching in artGrisaille painting

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Epilogue: The “American Medium” and the Moderns

Kathleen A. Foster

American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent

~The death of Winslow Homer in 1910 inspired tributes, reminiscences, and a celebration of his...

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Kathleen A. Foster

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.333-373

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21413&redirecttoanchor=47889

Chapter subject tags:Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935Hopper, Edward, 1816-1888Modernism (Art)--United StatesPeterson, Jane, 1876-1965CubismO'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

How Silhouettes Became “Black”: The Visual Rhetoric of the Harlem Renaissance

Frank Mehring

Circulation

Silhouettes confront us in our daily encounters with new digital media, advertisements, computer games, and films. They appear in the outline of company logos on smartphones and iPads, and on movie posters and advertisements in global urban environments. They remind us of the iconic Bat-Signal in the DC Comics series and the silhouetted credit sequences by Maurice...

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Frank Mehring

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.180-216

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00191.006

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Chapter subject tags:Harlem RenaissanceDouglas, AaronReiss, Winold, 1886-1953Walker, Kara Elizabeth

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