The Window Shopper
Date1955, printed 1974
Artist
Aaron Douglas
(American painter and muralist, 1899–1979)
MediumEtching and aquatint
Dimensionsplate: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (22.5 × 18.4 cm)
sheet: 14 13/16 × 11 in. (37.6 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 14 13/16 × 11 in. (37.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2013
Object number2013-4
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ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn this print, made during a summer stay in New York, Douglas juxtaposes a young woman in workaday attire—a slim dress and flat shoes—with the glamorously attired mannequin in a store window. In his etchings and easel paintings, Douglas strove for realistic depictions of the world around him, while he employed a more abstract, Art Deco style for his murals.
