Kids Hugging, West Oakland, California

c. 1963–1971

Joanne Leonard

Associated Names
Joanne Leonard

Artist, American, born 1940

The image shows two individuals, a woman and a child, in a playful embrace. The woman is bending over and hugging the child, who is standing. Their full bodies are visible in the image. The woman has short, curly hair, and the child's hairstyle isn't clearly visible. The woman is wearing a light-colored dress, and the child is in a striped outfit. They are outside, near a house with a visible picket fence. In the background, there is a wooden house with a door and two large windows. A staircase leads up to the entrance of the neighboring part of the house. Surrounding the figures are uneven patches of grass and a tree on the right side of the image, with some foliage hanging over them.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joanne Leonard, Ann Arbor, MI; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite perpendicular: Joanne Leonard / JOANNE LEONARD / WEST OAKLAND, CA


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