Untitled (1981 painting by Clementine Hunter)

Untitled is a painting by Clementine Hunter. It is in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a rare self-portrait by an artist who usually depicted everyday life on the plantations that she lived on in Louisiana.

Untitled
ArtistClementine Hunter
Year1981
MediumOil and collage on canvas board
LocationNational Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Description

Untitled is a self-portrait by Hunter. Keeping with many of her paintings, the painting is a landscape work, with a cloudy sky on the top and a tree and flowers growing from the bottom. An African American woman stands in the middle with a blue dress and her hands outstretched with a bouquet of roses. She faces a cut out, from an exhibition brochure from 1974, that features a photograph of the artist. Hunter's signature is on the lower proper left.[1]

History

Hunter created this work in 1981. It was gifted to the National Museum of Women in the Arts by Evelyn M. Shambaugh.[1]

Interpretation

Untitled is a rare self-portrait by Hunter. Curators at the NMWA interpret the painted woman in the artwork as showing respect to the artist for the success she has gained.[1]

References
  1. "Untitled". 20th Century. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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