Object Details
Artist
Claude Clark, born Rockingham, GA 1915-died Oakland, CA 2001
Exhibition Label
The title, Resting, coupled with the man's bare feet and everyday clothes, suggest that he is taking a momentary break from farm work. Although his eyes are hidden by a red hat, his face is attentive as he regards the unseen viewer. The palette of ochres, blues, reds, and greens and the loose shapes of his body and the landscape behind him are liberally laid down with a palette knife. Although Clark was born in Georgia, where his father worked as a tenant farmer, his family was part of the great migration of African Americans who moved from rural southern towns to the urban North in the 1920s.
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Date
1944
Object number
1967.57.32
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.4 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Landscape
African American
Dress\accessory\hat
Figure male\full length
State of being\mood\weariness
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1967.57.32