African Phantasy: Awakening

Winold Reiss, African Phantasy: Awakening, ca. 1925, ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1989.3

Winold Reiss, African Phantasy: Awakening, ca. 1925, ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper, sheet: 19 ³⁄₄ x 14 ⁷⁄₈ in. (50.3 x 37.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1989.3

Artwork Details

Title: African Phantasy: Awakening
Artist: Winold Reiss
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 19 ³⁄₄ x 14 ⁷⁄₈ in. (50.3 x 37.9 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Mediums: watercolor
ink
gouache
Mediums Description: ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Figure group
African American
Landscape — celestial — sun
State of being — other — sleep
African
Object Number: 1989.3
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1989.3

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