Florence Smithburn 1954 Figural Charcoal Drawing
Item Details
Untitled, 1954
Charcoal drawing on paper
Signed to the lower right
Presented mounted on paperboard
Smithburn studied art the the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis, Indiana, before moving to Uganda for ten years where she portrayed the African tribal way of life with her artwork. Her experiences living in Africa and the United States ultimately shaped her artistic oeuvre, as her art continued to address socio-economic and political issues relevant to the times. Her work has been exhibited widely in Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Atlanta, New York and Indianapolis and has been included in the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Condition
- wear to edges of paperboard; smudging of image due to excess pigment; staining to margins of paperboard; wear to corners of paperboard.
Dimensions
- measures paper; paperboard measures 15"W x 19.25" H x .01" D.
Item #
16CIN996-3228