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High John de Conquer (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)
High John de Conquer (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)
High John de Conquer (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)

High John de Conquer (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)

Artist (born 1926)
Date2000
Dimensionssheet: 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2023.2.3
Descriptionvertical, rectangular image of standing African-American man at left, leaning to his left, with face in profile, facing right; native African drum at bottom center; sheets of muscial notes at top right; image of two African-Americans working in the field, gathering wheat at bottom right
Collections
  • Post WWII and Contemporary Art
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