Sowing / Wm. H. Johnson. – Vintage Wall Art
![Sowing / Wm. H. Johnson., [ca. 1940] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5b/5bf6f72ee73e-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic print captures Sowing / Wm. H. Johnson. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sowing / Wm. H. Johnson.
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*Sowing* shows a field worker and a mule team in the work of planting, a subject that recurs in William H. Johnson's rural scenes. The color silkscreen dates to about 1940, not long after Johnson returned to the United States from years in Europe and turned toward American country life. Its record places it among the Harmon Foundation records, the organization that promoted African American artists during the 1930s and 1940s. Viewers may notice how the flat, simplified shapes of the figure, animals, and furrowed ground reflect the bold color that marks his later work.
| Created / published | [ca. 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Screen prints Color 1930-1950. |
| Notes | No. FO-181-F (14). From Harmon Foundation, Inc. records. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1971:154 |
| Subjects | African Americans--Employment--1930-1950. Agricultural laborers--1930-1950. Farming--1930-1950. Plowing--1930-1950. Country life--1930-1950. Mules--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,298 × 863 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216004 |
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