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Spotlight: Head of a Boy by Sargent Claude Johnson
Head of a Boy by Sargent Claude Johnson is a glazed terracotta sculpture from around 1928 inspired by young Black boy. It stands out because of its ennobling depiction of a Black person at a time when many popular depictions of Black people were racist.
Sargent Claude Johnson, Head of a Boy, ca. 1928, glazed stoneware, 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 6 in. (19 × 12 × 15 cm).
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Artwork Title: Head of a Boy
Date of Creation: Ca. 1928
Creator: Sargent Claude Johnson (1888–1967), American.
Synopsis: Head of a Boy by Sargent Claude Johnson is a glazed terracotta sculpture created around 1928. A young Black boy from Johnson’s neighborhood inspired the sculpture. It is one of many portrait busts of children he made.
About the Artist
Artist Sargent Claude Johnson looks at a sculpture inside a studio. Everett Collection.
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