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Head of a Black Woman by Sargent Claude Johnson

Head of a Black Woman

Sargent Claude Johnson · 1935

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DETAILS
Artist
Sargent Claude Johnson
Date
1935
Medium
Terracotta
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Sculpture: 20.6 × 10.5 × 13.3 cm (8 1/8 × 4 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Base: 7.9 × 10.8 × 10.2 cm (3 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
Collection
Arts of the Americas
Culture
United States
Credit line
Laura T. Magnuson Endowment
ART MOVEMENTS
Harlem Renaissance
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