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Title
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Self Portrait - Confronted Age, 16
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Date
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1949
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Contributor
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Atlanta Annuals
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Description
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Cecil D Nelson Jr. was a painter born in Champaign, IL. Self Portrait - Confronted Age, 16 depicts a Black male teenager haunted by racial violence. He sits in a chair holding a paintbrush with his hand on his head, wearing a shirt with a target symbol. There is also a rope, mask, and torn newspaper with the headline “lynch.”
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Additional Subject
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Lynching
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Racial violence
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Memory
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Location
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Atlanta
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Fulton County
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Georgia
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USA
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Type
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Painting
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Medium
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Oil on canvas
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Measurements
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42 in. x 20 in.
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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1949.002
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.CAU.066
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Rights
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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.
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Contributing Institution
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Clark Atlanta University
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Source
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Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
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Language
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English