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Jitterbugs I / W.H. Johnson. – Antique Wall Art

Jitterbugs I / W.H. Johnson., [ca. 1940] — historic print
Jitterbugs I / W.H. Johnson., [ca. 1940]. Historic print from the Music & Dance collection.

(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 Jitterbugs I / W.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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Jitterbugs I / W.H. Johnson.

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Johnson's *Jitterbugs I* captures couples caught mid-swing, their motion set against bold fields of color. Johnson, an African American painter who spent years in Europe before coming home in 1938, kept returning to the dance halls and nightlife of swing-era America. This color silkscreen dates to about 1940, and its Harmon Foundation record notes a similar image on the back and an X struck through the design, details that may point to a trial or working impression rather than a finished edition.

Created / published[ca. 1940]
Medium1 print : silkscreen, color.
GenreScreen prints Color 1930-1950.
NotesSimilar image printed on verso and an X has been struck through the image. No. FO-259 (12). From Harmon Foundation Inc., Records. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1971:154
SubjectsDance--1930-1950. African Americans--Dance--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,659 × 2,108 px · prints to 6 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215927

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