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Black and white print of a harbor scene. Two empty rowboats float in the foreground. Behind them is a white boat with two small figures, docked near industrial waterfront structures, cranes, and buildings set against a dark, cloudy sky.
Elise
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Elise

Artist Lamar Baker (American, 1908 - 1994)
Date1937
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 1/2 x 16 in. (29.2 x 40.6 cm)
image: 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (24.8 x 29.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams, by exchange with the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, in memory of Lamar Baker
Object number1997.31.20
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white print of a harbor scene. Two empty rowboats float in the foreground. Behind them is a white boat with two small figures, docked near industrial waterfront structures, cranes, and buildings set against a dark, cloudy sky.
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Lamar Baker
1940
Black and white print of a sleeping man in a dark uniform and cap seated on a train. Above, a translucent matching figure handles a butterfly. Faint, overlapping images of insects and a snake float nearby transit signs.
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Lamar Baker
1942
Black and white print featuring a dark, carved wooden female figure with a chained ankle. Behind her are a headless tuxedo jacket, a draped white cloth, a large high-heeled shoe, and two stylized masks against a dark background.
African Fantasy, from the series Fantasies
Lamar Baker
1936
Color print of nude figures on wooden beams against red and blue backgrounds. A tan figure hangs left near a spear. Above, a red foot is pierced by a bleeding nail. A blue figure with an open mouth hangs right.
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