Etta Moten Barnett Dancing
Datec. 1940
Artist
Jay Jackson
(American illustrator and cartoonist, 1905–1954)
Illustration CitationProduced for American Negro Exposition, 1940
MediumWatercolor, ink, and charcoal on paper
Dimensionssheet: 12 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (32.1 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2022
Object number2022-33
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextPioneering actor and singer Etta Moten Barnett broke barriers in American film with her roles in big-budget Hollywood movies like Flying Down to Rio and Gold Diggers. However, these films did not present her as glamorously as Jackson's drawings do. Here, he pictures her in the spotlight on stage as cameramen film her from the lower left and upper right corners.
