Dozing

1940

James Amos Porter American, 1905 - 1970

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Title Dozing

Artwork Date 1940

Artist James Amos Porter

Life Dates 1905 - 1970

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Watercolor and graphite pencil on cream wove paper

Dimensions Sheet (irreg): 6 15/16 × 6 1/4 inches (17.6 × 15.9 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department African American Art

Credit Gift of Nettie Seabrooks

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2009.29

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, in black ink, verso, lower right corner: 15 [upside down]

Marks Printed, on paper exhibition label (?), on verso of frame: from a one-man show of Porter's work at the Dorothy Porter Wesley Research Center, Inc. | 2400 East Los Olas Blvd. Ste. 123 | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | 954-463-7880 | [email protected]. Printed, on first label, lower left: 107p - DOUSING Printed, on second label: [label includes a description of this drawing as #14 WOMAN WITH HAT (the # and title are crossed out in ballpoint pen) and includes that the drawing was authenticated by the estate of the artist. Printed, on third label: [repeats info from the first with additional web address listed as www.artnoir.com/index.porter.html and [email protected]]

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2009-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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