Untitled (1981 painting by Clementine Hunter)
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| Artist | Clementine Hunter |
| Year | 1981 |
| Medium | Oil and collage on canvas board |
| Location | National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. |
Untitled is a 1981 painting by Clementine Hunter. It is in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a rare self-portrait by an artist who usually depicted everyday life on the plantations that she lived on in Louisiana.
Description[edit]
Untitled is a self-portrait by Hunter. Keeping with many of her paintings, the painting is a landscape work, with a cloudy sky on the top and a tree and flowers growing from the bottom. An African American woman stands in the middle with a blue dress and her hands outstretched with a bouquet of roses. She faces a cut out, from an exhibition brochure from 1974, that features a photograph of the artist. Hunter's signature is on the lower proper left.[1]
History[edit]
Hunter created this work in 1981. It was gifted to the National Museum of Women in the Arts by Evelyn M. Shambaugh.[1]
Interpretation[edit]
Untitled is a rare self-portrait by Hunter. Curators at the NMWA interpret the painted woman in the artwork as showing respect to the artist for the success she has gained.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Untitled". 20th Century. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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