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Black and white print portrait of a woman facing left. She has highly detailed, voluminous curly hair, a round earring, and wear a dark top with a light neckline against a softly shaded, dark mottled background.
Edie
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Edie

Artist Lamar Baker (American, 1908 - 1994)
Datec. 1935 - 1945
MediumEtching and aquatint
Dimensionssheet: 9 11/16 x 8 1/8 in. (24.6 x 20.6 cm)
image: 17 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (45.1 x 14.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams, by exchange with the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, in memory of Lamar Baker
Object number1997.31.5
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white print portrait of a woman facing left. She has highly detailed, voluminous curly hair, a round earring, and wear a dark top with a light neckline against a softly shaded, dark mottled background.
Black and white print of a blooming passion flower on a leafy vine. The flower features radiating petals and an intricate center, surrounded by textured leaves, coiled tendrils, and a closed bud, set against a dark, softly shaded background.
Passion Flower
Lamar Baker
c. 1935 - 1940
A print of a bare-chested figure in profile with voluminous curly hair and translucent insect wings emerging from their head. Dark ribbons wrap around their body as their raised arm holds a large, drooping bell-shaped flower.
Terpsichore
Eva Hašková
1982
Black and white print showing a large head with closed eyes angled downward. A wreath of cotton bolls floats above. A woven texture overlays the scene. A small figure works in a field in the lower left.
Cotton Field Saint
Lamar Baker
1942
Black and white cross-hatched print of a partially nude woman sitting on a wooden chair, facing left. A draped cloth covers her lap. Her brightly lit upper body and face contrast heavily with the dark, textured background.
Nude
Lamar Baker
c. 1935 - 1940
Black and white print of dense foliage. A prominent, tightly curled fern fiddlehead stands out in the center left, surrounded by detailed fern fronds and leafy branches against a dark textured background.
Exotic Landscape
Lamar Baker
1937
Black and white print portrait of a man wearing glasses, a striped shirt, and a dark jacket, looking left. He is positioned in the lower right corner, surrounded by oversized, detailed lobed leaves, spiky flower buds, and tall grass.
Self Portrait with Cotton Plant
Lamar Baker
1940
Black and white print of an abandoned ruin. A tall smokestack and several broken columns stand behind a raised foundation with a large, dark hole. Tall, overgrown grasses surround the crumbling structures beneath a heavily shaded, dark sky.
Sunday Afternoon in New Jersey
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.
The Two Thieves
Lamar Baker
c. 1945 - 1948
Black and white profile portrait of a man with closed eyes, facing left. Large lobed leaves and spiky buds frame the upper left. A metal chain winds across the top right and down into the bottom left.
Negro Head
Lamar Baker
1940
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
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
Lamar Baker
1937
Black and white print featuring a towering spire, a large cracked bell, open books with text, a scroll, an old radio, and a circular frame containing a figure, clustered together against a dark, cobwebbed background.
Religion 1936
Lamar Baker
1936

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