White, Charles, (Champion)
White, Charles, (Champion)
"Champion" by Charles White
9 x 11 3/4 inches, Etching on paper, limited edition of 80-- framed
PRINTED:
September, 1984
PRINTER:
Ron Adams
CHOP:
Lower Center
BLIND STAMP: Back Left Corner
DESCRIPTION:
The image, which bears the intials "CW" scribed into the plate by the artist, was printed in Sepia ink.
A copper plate etching
The image waS completely scribed by the artist onto the copper plate prior to his death in 1979. The printing of an edition from the scribed plate has been authorized
by the estate of the artist and the artist's widow.
The back of each edition impression bears a Blind Stamp containing information which has been filled in and signed by an authorized agent
for the estate of the artist
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Charles White was born in 1918. He was an African-American graphic artist, painter, and instructor. One of America's most renowned and recognized African-American artists. Working primarily in black/white and sepia/white, he was an incredibly skilled draftsmanship whose sensitivity and power has reached millions. His meticulously executed drawings and paintings speak of and affirm the humanity and beauty of black people. He received numerous honors and awards and has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Academy of Design, and elsewhere throughout the world. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1972. The Heritage Gallery had represented the artist from the early 1960s, when Mr. Horowitz gave the artist his first show in Los Angeles.
From a broken home in Chicago, Ill., White found that he could draw at the age of seven. He studied violin for many years acquiring a permanent love for music. An avid reader, he once said "A book that fascinated me and opened up new vistas, was Dr. Alain Locke's The New Negro. I had never realized that Negro people had done so much in the world of culture, that they had contributed so much to the development of America, it became a kind of secret life, a new world of facts and ideas."
White studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the Art Students League. By completing the course, White qualified for employment with the Works Project Administration (WPA), it was during these year that he learned the desire to use his craft in altering the preconceived “Black image” in America. In 1941, White married sculptor Elizabeth Catlett while at Dillard University in New Orleans. In 1942, the two came to New York City and White developed an influential relationship with Viktor Lowenfeld, an Austrian psychologist.
Through this relationship, White enhanced his work; he discovered the reason he painted as he did and other therapeutic values of the expression. It was during this time that Sepia and White became his trademark. Some of Charles White’s vast artistic contributions include Awaiting His Return 1943 (shown), Goodnight Irene 1952, Awaken from Unknowing 1961, Two Brothers have I had on Earth 1965, Wanted Poster no. 3 1969, Homage to Langston Hughes 1971, and Harriet 1972. One of the finest draftsmen in modern America, White was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1972.
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