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The Emperor Jones watercolor

Date
circa 1945
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Watercolor, pencil on paper
Object Type
Mixed Media
Credit Line
Black Mountain College Collection, Gift of the Black Mountain College Project and Lorna Blaine Halper
Accession Number
2012.26.140.06
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Ray Johnson, "The Emperor Jones watercolor". Circa 1945. Watercolor, pencil on paper. Painting of a green man with cowboy belts and a cartridge belt around his waist. He is pointing to his right with his right arm. A brown woman wearing a green dress and a blue and red bindle, is walking in the direction the man is pointing and yelling toward. The floor is diamond shaped.

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