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
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
Mediums Description
ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Classifications
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

Works by this artist (2 items)

Luigi Garzi, Drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.7.105
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Luigi Garzi, Drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.7.104
Drawing
Artist
Not on view

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