James House, Jr.

Negro Head
1931

A wooden sculpture of a stylized human head with closed eyes and a serene expression, displayed on a white pedestal against a light grey background.

A wooden sculpture of a stylized human head with closed eyes and a serene expression, displayed on a white pedestal against a light grey background.

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Date
1931

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Wood

Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 2 15/16in. (32.4 × 15.6 × 7.5 cm)

Accession number
32.73a-c

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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James House, Jr.
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