Portrait of Jo

Title: Portrait of Jo
Date: 1946
Creator: Franklin M. Shands
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Franklin Shands was a painter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Portrait of Jo is a portrait of a woman looking sternly into a distance as a light shines on the left side of her face. The woman, named Jo, wears her black hair pinned upwards, wears a blue top, small earrings, and red lipstick.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Clothing and dress See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Fashion; Womanism; Black art
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on board
Measurements: 20 in. x 15.25 in.
Format: JPG
HBCU Identifier: 1946.004
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.035
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
Language: English