The Rescue of Dorie Miller

1942

Charles Sebree

Associated Names
Charles Sebree

Artist, American, 1914 - 1985

This abstract image features bold, curving lines and geometric shapes that form two intertwined figures. The use of shading, thick outlines, and simplified, angular forms creates a sense of depth and dimension. One figure's head is tilted downward, while the other figure's head rests in their lap. The composition evokes scenes of lamentation or caregiving. The flowing, drapery-like patterns around the figures give the impression of being enveloped within a singular form.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Charles Sebree: A Retrospective, The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Washington, DC, 1984, p. 7, repro

1989

  • African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, more than twenty venues, January 1989 - November 1992, no. 30, fig. 29.

2003

  • Challenge of the Modern: African American Artists 1925-1945, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, 2003

Bibliography

1943

  • Dodsen, Owen. "The Ballad of Dorie Miller." Theatre Arts 27 (1943): p. 436.

2002

  • Finch, Tony. "Charles Sebree's 'Boys Without Penises': A Hermetic Self-Portrait?" International Review of African American Art 18, no. 3 (2002): pp. 19-21.

Inscriptions

lower right in black gouache: SEBREE

Wikidata ID

Q64538853

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