Object number2023.21.1
Matriarch (Portrait of Artelia "Telia" Breeze McBroom)
Datec. 1980
Artist
Edna Crawford
(American, 1930 - 2020)
CultureAmerican
MediumPastel on paper
DimensionsSight: 18 x 13 1/8 in. (45.7 x 33.3 cm)
Framed: 28 1/8 x 23 x 1 5/8 in. (71.4 x 58.4 x 4.1 cm)
Framed: 28 1/8 x 23 x 1 5/8 in. (71.4 x 58.4 x 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Crawford, in memory of Artelia McBroom, 1864–1961, maternal Grandmother of donor
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right in ink: E. Crawford
DescriptionDepiction of an older woman with white short hair and glasses, wearing a button-up collared shirt. The work is rendered in bright, kaleidoscopic shifts of colors, with more subtle usage of color used in the sitter's hair and skin.
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