Caricature of William H. Johnson

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified

Formerly attributed to

William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970

Sitter

William H. Johnson

Holcha Krake

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation

Date

ca. 1935-1938

Object number

1967.59.417R-V

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Drawing

Medium

pen and ink and pencil on paper

Dimensions

recto: 10 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (26.7 x 46.0 cm) irregular verso: 18 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (46.0 x 26.7 cm) irregular

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure\head

African American

Occupation\art\artist

Portrait male\nude\full length

Portrait female\full length

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78d3695c0-1721-4250-aad4-9754b3dc895f

Record ID

saam_1967.59.417R-V