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Portrait of Paul Robeson

1930

Mabel Dwight

Associated Names

Mabel Dwight

Artist, American, 1875 - 1955

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a man's head and upper shoulders. He is slightly angled to the side, with his head turned and gazing off to the right. His facial features are well-defined with a strong jawline, broad nose, and full lips. He has short, cropped hair and wears a collared shirt beneath a garment with circular elements and seams. There is a strap with an ornate circular buckle around his shoulders. The background features stylized foliage with large leaves and twisted branches.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 37.5 × 33 cm (14 3/4 × 13 in.)
sheet: 54 × 39.8 cm (21 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1566
Catalogue Raisonné

Robinson & Pirog 1997, no. 47, ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1997

Robinson, Susan Barnes, and John Pirog. Mabel Dwight: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, pp. 90-91, no. 47, ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mabel Dwight, 1930

Wikidata ID

Q76457563

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