Object Details
- Artist
- Georgette Seabrooke Powell
- Caption
- The student in this portrait wears a jacket with the word Moten emblazoned on the front for the school he likely attended, Lucy E. Moten Elementary in Anacostia, a neighborhood in southeast Washington, DC. Energetic marking from green wax crayons and blue felt tip markers add detail and texture to his clothing, while his skin tone is lightly shaded in brown crayon. The artist focused most of her time on rendering the sitter’s expression, which remains unreadable. The artist, Georgette Seabrooke Powell, sketched this image during her time as a guest educator at Moten Elementary School. Conducting art workshops at the school in collaboration with the Anacostia Museum inspired her sensitive portrayal of local residents and helped to train Anacostia’s next generation of artists.
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- El estudiante en este retrato lleva una chaqueta con la palabra Moten estampada en la parte delantera, representando la escuela a la que probablemente asistió, Lucy E. Moten Elementary en Anacostia, Washington D.C. Las enérgicas marcas en crayón de cera verde y rotulador azul añaden detalle y textura a su ropa, mientras que su tono de piel está ligeramente sombreado en crayón marrón. La artista dedicó la mayor parte de su tiempo a captar la expresión del modelo, que de todas maneras permanece ilegible. Georgette Seabrooke Powell bosquejó esta imagen durante su estancia como educadora invitada en la Escuela Primaria Moten. Su trabajo dirigiendo talleres de arte en la escuela, en colaboración con el Museo de Anacostia, la inspiró a realizar sensibles retratos de los residentes locales y contribuyó a formar a la próxima generación de artistas de Anacostia.
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- February 27, 1995
- Accession Number
- 1995.0007.0002
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- drawing
- Medium
- Wax crayon and felt-tip pen on paper
- Dimensions
- 35 7/8 × 24 in. (91.1 × 61 cm)
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Record ID
- acm_1995.0007.0002
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl892c9a4a2-d3d2-41d8-855b-12c4cd19f430
