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Charles White
The Embrace1942

Not on view
Horizontal painting of two intertwined figures in golden-tan and teal tones, rendered with sculptural, heavily muscled forms against a turbulent blue-gray sky

Charles White, The Embrace, 1942, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Charles White
United States, Illinois, Chicago, 1918-1979
Title
The Embrace
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1942
Medium
Egg tempera on Masonite
Dimensions
Framed: 25 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (63.5 x 79.06 x 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie
Accession Number
M.2006.73.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750-1950: Pintura Estadounidense Del Museo De Arte Del Condado De Los Angeles. Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, 2006.
Copyright
© The Charles White Archives

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