Roxbury Rooftops

Media: ClarkAtlanta/HCAC.CAU.131 NF.jpg; ClarkAtlanta/HCAC.CAU.131 WF.jpg

Title: Roxbury Rooftops
Date: 1946
Creator: John Woodrow Wilson, 1922-2015 See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: John Woodrow Wilson was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, and educator from Roxbury, MA. Roxbury Rooftops depicts an urbanscape from the perspective of the rooftops. The buildings closest to the viewer are shown in hues of red, orange, and yellow. Buildings further away are more brown, green, and gray.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Urban life See all items with this value; Landscapes See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Architecture; American North; Black Art
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Drawing
Medium: Watercolor on brown butcher block
Measurements: 35.25 x 22.25in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1954.005
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.131
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; Clark Atlanta University Collections; The Black Modernist Canon in the Atlanta University Annuals