Jazz at Home – Antique Wall Art
(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 historic image of Jazz at Home brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A halftone reproduction of Aaron Douglas's painting *Jazz at Home* appeared as an illustration in Alain Locke's anthology *The New Negro*, published in 1925. Locke's book gathered poetry, fiction, essays, and visual art by Black writers and artists, and it is often cited as a defining document of the Harlem Renaissance. Douglas, then a young artist working in New York, favored flattened forms and stylized silhouettes that set his work apart from academic realism. Printing the painting in halftone let its musical subject reach a readership far beyond the galleries where original works were shown.
| Created / published | 1photomechanical print : halftone. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1925 |
| Subjects | Reproduction of painting by Aaron Douglas. Illus. in: Alain L. Locke, ed., The New Negro, 1925. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: African American Art.; African Americans--Misc.; PI--Misc.; Shelf. Sources checked: Ocat.; Douglas, Aaron, 1898- Locke, Alain Le Roy, 1886-1954, ed. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,204 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129358 |
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