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Charles White
Frederick Douglass1950

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Lithograph portrait of a Black man with a full beard and swept-back gray hair, head-on view, rendered in dense black and gray tones

Charles White, Frederick Douglass, 1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Sylvia and Frederick Reines, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Charles White
United States, Illinois, Chicago, 1918-1979
Title
Frederick Douglass
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1950
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 22 5/8 × 16 7/8 in. (57.47 × 42.86 cm) Sheet: 26 1/8 × 19 7/8 in. (66.36 × 50.48 cm) Frame: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvia and Frederick Reines
Accession Number
M.90.193
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Oehler, Sarah Kelly, and Esther Adler, editors. Charles White: a Retrospective. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicage, 2018.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Liz Andrews. Black American Portraits. Los Angeles: LACMA, 2021.
  • 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.
Copyright
© The Charles White Archives

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