Woman and Lemons
- Date
- 1939
- Material
- Watercolor over graphite
- made in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- framed: 30 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (77.5 x 62.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 363:1943
NOTES
This woman’s expressive eyes and faraway gaze invite us to contemplate her thoughts. Delicate color harmonies and dark outlines are characteristic of Charles Sebree’s works. Born in Kentucky, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1930s. While working for the Federal Art Project from 1936 to 1939, he forged relationships with mentors such as choreographer Katherine Dunham and philosopher Alain Locke. These connections laid the foundation for Sebree’s multifaceted career as a painter, set and costume designer, and playwright within a community of other gay, Black artists and intellectuals.
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