Head by Calvin Burnett

Title: Head by Calvin Burnett
Date: 1961
Creator: Calvin Burnett, 1921-2007 See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Calvin Burnett was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, designer, and art teacher from Cambridge, MA. Head depicts a racially ambiguous woman from her neck up. Burnette draws the subject passively, looking past the viewer. The subject has fine hair, a thin nose, Asian eyes, and full lips, which complicate determining her racial identity.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Resistance See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Print
Medium: Serigraph
Measurements: 27.5 x 19.25in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1964.009
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.240
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals See all items with this value
Language: English

Item sets: Art; Portraits and Busts in the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Clark Atlanta University Collections