Street in Senegal

Title: Street in Senegal
Date: 1967
Creator: Lucille Malkia Roberts, 1923-2010 See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Lucille Malkia Roberts was a painter and educator from Washington, D.C. Street in Senegal is an abstract depiction of people shopping on a market street in Senegal, West Africa. Roberts uses muted colors to create the robust marketplace environment and emphasizes the shoppers and their goods with Black silhouettes.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Urban life See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Pan-Africanism; Social life and customs; Domestic labor; Black art
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Collaged tissue over canvas
Measurements: 23.75 x 32.5in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1967.004
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.265
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; HBCU Students in the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Clark Atlanta University Collections

Site pages: Women of the Atlanta University Annual Art Exhibitions (1942–1970)