Travelers [working proof 2] by Wayne Thiebaud, Emily York https://www.nga.gov/artworks/230700-travelers-working-proof-2
"Thiebaud: Travelers WP2" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
"Thiebaud: Travelers WP2" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
& Marks Inscriptions lower right in graphite: 52/70 Joan Mitchell; by later hand
.; bottom right: This copy was retouched [illegible] by hand [illegible] REmbrandt
in graphite: Ming Smith / "August Wilson’s Mothers House" / "Steps"; by unknown hand
.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Rudolf Grossmann- German (B-1882-) / Street
. / Phone SCHUYLER 4-3177; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 331 Research
"Appleby: False Iris WP1" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Romare Bearden mined a wide range of sources: the Bible, the writings of French satirist François Rabelais, his childhood memories of Mecklenburg County in North Carolina, the people and streets of Harlem, the epic poems of Homer, and more.
Bearden portrays Odysseus poised triumphantly on the ship’s bow, a shield in one hand
blue, yellow, red, and pink flowers, woven with strands of ivy, dangles in the hand
His right elbow rests on the arm of the chair so his hand rests in his lap.