Carroll Cloar

Brother Ed, preacher of holiness
1940

A detailed black and white lithograph featuring a central figure of a man with a mustache, wearing a suit and holding a transparent bulb. His head is superimposed with various scenes: to the left, people sitting outside a house; to the right, a courtroom scene; above, a man preaching to a crowd; and below, a classroom with a teacher and students. The artwork contains intricate details and multiple layers of imagery, suggesting a complex narrative or symbolism.
A detailed black and white lithograph featuring a central figure of a man with a mustache, wearing a suit and holding a transparent bulb. His head is superimposed with various scenes: to the left, people sitting outside a house; to the right, a courtroom scene; above, a man preaching to a crowd; and below, a classroom with a teacher and students. The artwork contains intricate details and multiple layers of imagery, suggesting a complex narrative or symbolism.

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Date
1940

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 1/8 × 10 13/16in. (35.9 × 27.5 cm) Image: 11 3/4 × 8 1/2in. (29.9 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
97.3

Edition
Edition unknown | Edition possibly 25

Publication
Printed by Will Barnet

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/11148

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