The Card Series II: The Rounds LIV
Object Details
- Caption
- "The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell
- Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father of West Indian background, he has drawn on both their traditions—the ability of black southerners to make something out of nothing, and the pride of West Indians who grew up where black families constituted the norm. Starting with found photographs, he lovingly captures their likenesses.
- Lovell has often combined his portraits with found objects. In this series, each of his 54 keenly rendered charcoal portraits—both probing and elegant--is paired with one of 54 round playing cards (a deck of 52 plus two jokers).
- Description
- A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of an African American man with his hair cropped short. He stares directly at the viewer. Beneath, a joker card positioned upside down.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 2006-2011
- Object number
- 2011.70.54
- Created by
- Whitfield Lovell, American, born 1959
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Whitfield Lovell, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- drawings
- portraits
- Medium
- mixed media : charcoal on paper , ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- The Card Series II: The Rounds
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Topic
- African American
- Art
- Families
- Identity
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.70.54
