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Portrait of Alta
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Portrait of Alta

Categories: Aaron Douglas, African American, Artists
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Portrait of Alta, c.1935
Artist: Aaron Douglas

Charcoal and pastel
11 x 8 inches
Signed lower right

African American master. Douglas was the preeminent Harlem Renaissance painter.  

This is a portrait of Alta Mae Sawyer Douglas- the artist’s wife.  They were an extremely devoted couple until her death in 1958.

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