Alabama Code: Our Girls Don't Sleep with Niggers

1933

George Biddle

Associated Names
George Biddle

Artist, American, 1885 - 1973

This print shows a seated man with a girl or woman sitting on his lap. The man has a broad face with pronounced cheekbones, a bald head, a slightly hooked nose, and deeply set eyes. He wears a dark suit and tie, and one of his hands is grabbing the woman's breast, while the other is raised in front of him, thumb and forefinger extended. The woman has her hair styled back, and she has thin eyebrows, a pointed nose, and a small smile. She is wearing a strapless dress and black high-heeled shoes, and one of her hands is on the man's knee, appearing to pinch him. Both people have light skin. They are surrounded by a dark, shaded border, and beyond that is off-white paper.
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Inscribed: In pencil: lower left, Alabama Code: Our girls don't sleep with niggers (in script); lower right, George Biddle 1933; in the stone: lower left, 75; lower right, Biddle. In pencil, lower left corner; margin, 24/50.

Wikidata ID

Q76548172

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