Red Cross Knitting Center

Media: ClarkAtlanta/HCAC.CAU.298 NF.jpg; ClarkAtlanta/HCAC.CAU.298 WF.jpg

Title: Red Cross Knitting Center
Date: 1943
Creator: William H. Johnson See all items with this value
Contributor: Gift of Artist
Description: William H. Johnson was a painter from Florence, SC. Red Cross Knitting Center depicts seven Black women in lab coats and aprons. The women are knitting in support of the Red Cross' relief efforts. The Red Cross began knitting campaigns in 1917 during World War I.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Health See all items with this value; Organization See all items with this value
Additional Subject: World War II, 1939-1945; Immunization; Black art
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Measurements: 21x24 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1969.022
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.298
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
Language: English
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Item sets: Art; Clark Atlanta University Collections; The Black Modernist Canon in the Atlanta University Annuals