Brother
Date1967-1969
Artist
Charles Searles
American artist, 1937–2004
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions16 1/4 × 20 in. (41.3 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 23 5/8 × 27 5/8 in. (60 × 70.2 cm)
frame: 23 5/8 × 27 5/8 in. (60 × 70.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2020
Object number2020-67
On View
Not on viewCollections
- African American Artists
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextBrother is a self-portrait by Searles. This painting, along with Brothers below, represents the artist’s figurative style before he began making the geometric, abstract sculpture he is best known for today.

