Deep South / William H. Johnson. – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Deep South / William H. Johnson.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Deep South / William H. Johnson.
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This silkscreen with gouache, titled *Deep South*, shows a family in rural life, a subject William H. Johnson returned to often. Johnson, an African American painter who worked in New York and Europe, used bold flat color and simplified forms that suited the print medium. The sheet survives in the records of the Harmon Foundation, which promoted African American artists through exhibitions and awards from the 1920s onward. Its undated production falls between 1939 and 1947, a period when Johnson was focusing on Southern themes.
| Created / published | [between 1939 and 1947] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen and gouache, color. |
| Genre | Screen prints Color 1930-1950. |
| Notes | No. FO-157-A(2). From Harmon Foundation Inc., Records. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1971:154 |
| Subjects | African Americans--Domestic life--1930-1950. Families--1930-1950. Country life--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,513 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216006 |
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