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Leah Stirring, Red Coat (Sketch)

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Created by

    Gustave Blache III, American, born 1977

    Subject of

    Leah Chase, American, 1923 - 2019
    Dooky Chase's Restaurant, founded 1941

    Description

    The framed painting of Leah Stirring, Red Coat (Sketch) by Gustave Blache, III. The painting (a) is rectangular in a wooden painted frame. The painting depicts a figure wearing a red baseball cap and red shirt, with dark pants and a white apron, with their back to the viewer, in front of a stove with their right arm up and out of the image. In the foreground of the image, there are two pieces of curved sausage on the yellow table. The background is mostly yellow. It is signed on the top left corner, in brown ink, reading "GUSTAVE III / "10." The frame (b) has beveled edges, and painted a dull gold color. On the back of the frame, a clear rectangular sticker with black type is stuck to the center, with type aligned on the left, reading "Gustave Blache III/ American, 1977/ Leah Stirring, Red Coat (Sketch), 2010 / Oil on wood / Courtesy of the artist / Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III / New Orleans Museum of Art / April 24, 2012-September 16, 2012]. The back of the frame is not painted, and has four metal brackets sealing the painting inside the back center of the frame.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    2010

    Object number

    2014.268ab

    Restrictions & Rights

    © Gustave Blache, III
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    oil paintings

    Medium

    oil on wood

    Dimensions

    H x W x D (Frame): 10 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (25.4 × 13.3 × 4.4 cm)
    H x W (back panel view): 8 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (20.6 × 8.3 cm)
    H x W (front panel view): 7 1/2 × 3 in. (19.1 × 7.6 cm)

    Place depicted

    Tremé, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Portfolio/Series

    Dookie Chase Restaurant

    Classification

    Visual Arts

    Exhibition

    Cultural Expressions

    On View

    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Art
    Cooking and dining
    Foodways

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d92a5781-b6ab-4daf-b382-b9ced2b13e0a

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.268ab

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