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African Queen

Dateca. 1990

Artist Richard Burnside (1944 - 2020)

OriginAmerica, South Carolina, Pendleton

MediumEnamel paint on Masonite with artist painted frame

DimensionsFramed: 24 × 18in.

Credit LineGift of Susan Buck in memory of Edward A. Chappell

Object number2021.300.1

DescriptionStylized image of a human wearing. The mask-like, brown face has red and yellow outlined eyes, a red nose with black and white nostrils and a white and red mouth heavily outlined in black. Surrounding the face is a white area, either hair or a crown, ornamented with black dashes of paint all containing three yellow dots. The blue dress has similar dash shapes, this time made in yellow with red outlines and either two or three yellow and black dots. The picture's frame is painted black to match the background and then is further decorated using alternating white and red dots.