[Portrait drawings].
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Description
- Title
- [Portrait drawings].
- Creator
- Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980, artist
- Published / Created
- 1930-1935.
- Publication Place
- New York State
- Abstract
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The collection consists of seven portrait drawings of noted African Americans and Haitians by the artist Amy Einstein Spingarn. The sitters include scientist George Washington Carver (1935) and authors Langston Hughes (1930), Zora Neale Hurston (circa 1935), James Weldon Johnson (undated), René Piquion (undated), George S. Schuyler (1933), and Philippe Thoby-Marcelin (undated). The portrait of Carver is pastel on paper; the others are charcoal and graphite on paper. Each portrait is identified by the artist's inscriptions and signature
- Description
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Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columbia University literature professor and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to being an artist herself, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and supported the work of many black artists and writers; she also served on the board of directors of the NAACP for nearly forty years. Spingarn died at her home, Troutbeck, in Amenia, New York, on June 25, 1980.
Title devised by cataloger.
Captions in English. - Provenance
- Gift of Amy Einstein Spingarn, 1942 and 1966.
- Extent
- 7 drawings : 63.5 x 49 cm and smaller.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- JWJ MSS 150
- Container / Volume
- Box (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Portraits
Charcoal drawings United States 20th century
Drawings (visual works) United States 20th century
Pastels (visual works) United States 20th century
Portraits United States 20th century - Material
- charcoal, graphite, and pastel on paper ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- United States.
- Subject (Name)
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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Hurston, Zora Neale
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Piquion, René
Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),
Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980.
Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975 - Subject (Topic)
- Artists
- Subjects
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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 > Portraits
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 > Portraits
Hurston, Zora Neale > Portraits
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 > Portraits
Piquion, René > Portraits
Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977 > Portraits
Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980
Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975 > Portraits
Artists > United States
United States > 20th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Amy Einstein Spingarn, Portrait Drawings. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12333587
- Object ID (OID)
- 32368958
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