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Cedric Adams
Just How I Feel1972

Not on view
Highly detailed charcoal or graphite portrait drawing of a bare-chested Black man on pale pinkish-tan paper, turned slightly left with gaze directed upward and to the right, with tightly blended shading
Graphite or charcoal drawing, close-cropped portrait of a man's face and upper neck against a pale ground, rendered with fine detail and subtle tonal gradations highlighting facial contours and texture.
Artist or Maker
Cedric Adams
active United States, California, Los Angeles
Title
Just How I Feel
Date Made
1972
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
18 × 23 7/8 in. (45.72 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by LACMA colleagues: Liz Andrews, Stephanie Barron, Timothy Benson, Julia Burtenshaw, Giorgio Carlevaro, Claudine and Jim Dixon, Tom Duffy, Carol S. Eliel, Ilene Susan Fort, Rita Gonzalez, Hollis Goodall, Michael Govan, Christine Y. Kim, Rachel Kaplan, Wendy Kaplan, Ilona Katzew, Jennie King, Julia Latané, Leah Lehmbeck, Devi Noor, David Parker, Nancy Russell, Britt Salvesen, Lauren Bergman Siegel, Staci Steinberger, Kristin Strid, Nancy Thomas, and Kevin Goff, and those who wish to remain anonymous
Accession Number
M.2021.128
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bradley, Breanne. "Walking with Giants: Cedric Adams." The OG (The Online Gallery), Edition 05 (2021): 138-149.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.