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Kent Twitchell
Portrait of Charles White1977

Not on view
Full-length graphite portrait drawing on cream paper of an elderly man standing and facing forward, wearing a brimmed hat, glasses, blazer, and turtleneck, mounted on a tall scroll with a wooden base
Graphite drawing, three-quarter length portrait of an older man wearing a straw fedora, aviator glasses, a ribbed turtleneck sweater with a round pendant, and a herringbone blazer, rendered with fine hatching on a pale ground.
Graphite drawing, cropped torso-to-thigh view of a standing figure wearing a herringbone-patterned jacket and light trousers, both hands hanging at sides, rendered with fine, detailed linework on cream paper.
Graphite drawing, close-up of an aged hand hanging at the side of a figure wearing a herringbone-patterned jacket, rendered with dense crosshatching; a thin cord or string hangs from the fingers.
Pencil or graphite drawing, close-up of an aged hand hanging at the side of a figure wearing a herringbone-patterned jacket, rendered with fine hatched linework on off-white paper.
Artist or Maker
Kent Twitchell
United States, Michigan, Detroit, born 1942
Title
Portrait of Charles White
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1977
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Rolled: 7 × 7 1/4 × 49 in. (17.78 × 18.42 × 124.46 cm) Sheet: 132 × 48 in. (335.28 × 121.92 cm) Image: 132 × 48 in. (335.28 × 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Benjamin Horowitz
Accession Number
M.91.86
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.