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Love Letter III

Color print with an ombre sky that fades from bright blue at the top to pale blue at the bottom. At the bottom of the frame, a youthful black figure wearing a cloak looks upward. A large conch shell in vibrant pink floats above the person's head.
© The Charles White Archives Inc.

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  • Color print with an ombre sky that fades from bright blue at the top to pale blue at the bottom. At the bottom of the frame, a youthful black figure wearing a cloak looks upward. A large conch shell in vibrant pink floats above the person's head.

Date:

1977

Artist:

Charles White (American, 1918-1979)
printed and published by Edward Hamilton (American)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles White

Title

Love Letter III

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1977

Medium

Color lithograph cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right, in graphite: “CHARLES WHITE ‘77”; inscribed lower left in graphite: ““LOVE LETTER III” 2/30”; lower right: publisher’s chop mark; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: “77-30”

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 76.3 × 57.4 cm (30 1/16 × 22 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Fund

Reference Number

2017.291

Copyright

© The Charles White Archives Inc.

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