Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Portrait of Langston Hughes c. 1926 Aaron Douglas, American, 1899 - 1979 Woodcut touched with brush and metallic ink Currently not on view 2004-189-2 Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection (by exchange), 2004 |
LabelLangston Hughes (1902-1967) was one of the most sought-after and published young poets of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s-1930s. This rare woodcut portrait of Hughes by Aaron Douglas, long regarded as the leading artist of that period, perfectly captures the youthful exuberance and poetic spirit of this halcyon period in African American arts and letters.Social Tags [?]african american [x] american printmaking [x] black art [x] nhd 1900 to 1929 portrait [x] portrait [x] woodcut [x] [Add Your Own Tags] |
