The Box

Media: ClarkAtlanta/HCAC.CAU.256 NF.jpg; ClarkAtlanta/HCAC.CAU.256 WF.jpg

Title: The Box
Date: 1966
Creator: Calvin Burnett, 1921-2007 See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Calvin Burnett was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, designer, and art teacher from Cambridge, MA. The Box is a surrealist drawing of a Black woman seated in a box. The drawing's geometric complexity and the woman's reflections evoke an uncanny feeling.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Resistance See all items with this value
Additional Subject: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976); Black art; Afrofuturism
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Drawing
Medium: Pastel
Measurements: 20.25 x 24.75in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1966.005
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.256
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals See all items with this value
Language: English
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Item sets: Art; HBCU Art: No Less Lovely Being Dark; Clark Atlanta University Collections