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Five screen video installation.

A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julien

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation "Lessons of the Hour" interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass.

Nude

William H. Johnson, Nude, ca. 1939, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.1135

Copied William H. Johnson, Nude, ca. 1939, oil on burlap, 29 ³⁄₄ x 38 ¹⁄₄ in. (75.6 x 97.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.1135

Artwork Details

Title: Nude
Artist: William H. Johnson
Date: ca. 1939
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 29 ³⁄₄ x 38 ¹⁄₄ in. (75.6 x 97.2 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on burlap
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Figure female — nude
African American
Object Number: 1967.59.1135
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1967.59.1135