Gin Song
Whitfield Lovell
"Gin Song" is a charcoal drawing of an African-American woman wearing a long-sleeved, full length dress sitting in a wooden chair that is drawn freehand directly on an old wooden panel that is distressed and aged. The artist has added several found objects to the tableau, including a saxophone, and various sized teacups, some of which are attached to the wood, while other cups occupy a space on the floor in front of the panel. The drawing image is taken from an anonymous early 20th-century photograph, and the work clearly references jazz music and the Blues.
Artist
Date of Birth
(b. 1959)
Date
2004
Medium
Charcoal on wood, found objects
Dimensions
77 1/4 x 45 3/16 x 13 in. (196.215 x 114.77625 x 33.02 cm.)
Accession #
2005.4
Credit Line
Mary W. F. Howe Fund
Copyright
© Whitfield Lovell and DC Moore Gallery, New York
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