Eddie Lee
Artist
Dean Mitchell
(American, born 1957)
Date1997
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 3/8 × 13 5/8 inches (21.27 × 34.61 cm)
Mount: 8 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (22.23 × 34.93 cm)
Mount: 8 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (22.23 × 34.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of Claudia Hill
Object number2022.29
SignedArtist signature and “© 1997” at lower righ corner in graphite pencil
On View
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DescriptionThis small, horizontally oriented graphite on paper drawing shows an African American man from the waist up in profile who leans forward (facing the right-hand side of the sheet) and supports himself on his proper left hand on an unidentified rectangular object at the lower right corner of the image. The man appears middle-aged He wears a light-colored shirt and dark overalls. He also wears a dark ball cap, glasses, and a wristwatch on his proper left hand.ProvenanceThe artist;
To Bryant Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana;
Purchased from Bryant Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana, after 2004 by Claudia Hill, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Copyright© Dean Mitchell
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