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Clementine Hunter
Camitte The Hair Fixer Is Doing Ceola's Hair1940s

Not on view
Gouache or tempera painting on paper, two figures in yellow clothing seated and standing near a yellow house, surrounded by oversized green leaves, birds, and a small garden, in a flat, bold folk-art style
Artist or Maker
Clementine Hunter
United States, Louisiana, 1886 or 1887-1988
Title
Camitte The Hair Fixer Is Doing Ceola's Hair
Date Made
1940s
Medium
Oil on paper
Dimensions
Image and sheet: 11 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (29.85 × 37.47 cm) Frame: 20 1/2 × 23 1/2 × 1 in. (52.07 × 59.69 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon W. Bailey in tribute to Thomas N. Whitehead in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2016.194.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.