Study for Portrait of Julius Hemphill II

1973

Oliver Lee Jackson

Associated Names
Oliver Lee Jackson

Artist, American, born 1935

The image displays delicate pencil lines and soft shading forming abstract shapes. There is a rectangular frame enclosing a shape resembling a figure or silhouette in the upper section, with fragmented details. Below this, lines spread out into dispersed forms, with one section containing a densely shaded area resembling contours of a landscape or reclining figure. The abstract shapes allow for various interpretations, connecting human figures and natural formations through simple pencil strokes.
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Provenance

The artist; gift to NGA, 2021

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"© Oliver Lee Jackson" lower left margin, graphite.
"73" lower right margin, graphite.


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