Ruth Starr Rose

(All God's Chillun Got Shoes)
1943

A black and white sketch depicting a surreal scene with various figures, some with wings, in motion around a central swirling light. On the left, a seated couple with wings observes the scene, while a man climbs a ladder towards a winged figure holding a book. To the right, a staircase curves upward with figures ascending and descending, some appearing to float or fly in the air around the light. The image has a dreamlike, ethereal quality. There is handwritten text at the bottom left and a signature with the year '93 at the bottom right.
A black and white sketch depicting a surreal scene with various figures, some with wings, in motion around a central swirling light. On the left, a seated couple with wings observes the scene, while a man climbs a ladder towards a winged figure holding a book. To the right, a staircase curves upward with figures ascending and descending, some appearing to float or fly in the air around the light. The image has a dreamlike, ethereal quality. There is handwritten text at the bottom left and a signature with the year '93 at the bottom right.

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Date
1943

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 9/16 × 17 1/2in. (31.9 × 44.5 cm) Image: 10 × 12 15/16in. (25.4 × 32.9 cm)

Accession number
96.68.238

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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