Charles W. White

American
(1918–1979)

Seated Woman
circa 1975

Etching
31.125 x 41.125 x 0.75 in.
Gift of Gaell Lindstrom
1994.60

White liked printmaking because it allowed him to reach a wider audience and communicate his messages about the issues facing the African American community. Despite training in art among many abstract and avant-garde painters, White preferred to focus his work on literal representations of the lives of African Americans.

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This object has the following keywords:

• African American - Designates the styles, culture, and heritage of Americans of African descent in North America. The styles capture the essence of the African American experience and how personal and political rebellion and triumphs over prejudice and social adversity have enriched and contributed to the music, art, and literature of American culture as a whole.
• cross-hatching - Hatching in which a network of lines creating a darker value is made by drawing one set of hatchings over another at a different angle.
• etching - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
• woman

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• African American Art, Social Justice, and Identity , 8/25/2020 - 5/7/2022
• SC Spring 24 - Black History Month , 2/12/2024 - 3/26/2024