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( American, 1912 - 1959 )
The Negro in Professional Life (Mural Study Featuring Women in the Workplace)
Materials:
ink, crayon and watercolor on cardstock
Measurements:
10.00 in. (25.40 cm.) (height) by 20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (width)
Markings:
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right
Provenance:
private collection, Oregon Thelma Johnson Streat developed a number of studies and maquettes that were submitted designs for mural projects after she left San Francisco The artist's estate also includes the large drawing or mural cartoon The Negro in Professional Life that was entered to a juried contest at the South Side Community Art Center in Chicago in 1944 Newspapers described a series of 12 more murals According to Judy Bullington, Streat's work tied for first place A 1945 article in The Oregonian newspaper sheds more light on this educational series and describes what Streat was planning: Her plan is simple Through the medium of murals painted with a simplicity which will have appeal to all children, regardless of race or creed, exactly what her people contribute to industry In addition to a Chicago and New York mural, the article describes a Portland group showing the Negro woman in Industry Bullington pp 97-99
The Negro in Professional Life (Mural Study Featuring Women in the Workplace) 1945
Streat Girl With Flower 1950
Black Kings 1945
Totem Pole Figure 1945
Woman 1945
The meatpacking district 1944
Untitled (abstract chapel flower) 1941
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