"Opportunity art folio.", Copy 2: Inscribed to James Weldon Johnson and Marie B. Johnson [dated] Xmas 1926., and Title from cover.
Subject (Name):
Douglas, Aaron, Johnson, Chas. S.--Presentation inscription to G.N. Johnson, Johnson, Chas. S.--Presentation inscription to J.W. Johnson, Johnson, Grace Nail,--1885-1976--Presentation inscription from C.S. Johnson, Johnson, Grace Nail,--1885-1976--Presentation inscription from M.B. Johnson, Johnson, James Weldon,--1871-1938--Presentation inscription from C.S. Johnson, Johnson, James Weldon,--1871-1938--Presentation inscription from M.B. Johnson, Johnson, Marie B.--Presentation inscription to G.N. Johnson, and Johnson, Marie B.--Presentation inscription to J.W. Johnson
One gouache drawing by Aaron Douglas created to illustrate "The Prodigal Son" in God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, by James Weldon Johnson (New York: Viking Press, 1927). The illustration features silhouettes of a man and two women grouped under a single overhead light, and framed by graphic representations of jazz-age vices such as a dollar bill, playing cards, dice, and a gin bottle, as well as jazz trombones, jutting in from the outside edges. It is one of eight illustrations by Douglas for the volume.
Alternative Title:
The Prodigal Son
Description:
Aaron Douglas, American painter and illustrator active in the Harlem Renaissance; he was born in 1899 in Topeka, Kansas, and died in 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee., Gift of Grace Nail Johnson, 1966., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Douglas, Aaron and Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.--God's Trombones--Illustrations
Subject (Topic):
Illustration of books--United States and Illustrators--United States
