We Sings / Basil Hawkins

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

About this Item

Accession Number: 1943.56
Title: We Sings
Artist: Basil Hawkins
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1903-1982
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
Object Creation Date: 1940
Credit Line: Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Inscription: Signed on plate: Baz; Signed and titled in pencil on lower margin: Basil Hawkins
Dimensions: 58.1 cm x 40.64 cm (22 7/8 in. x 16 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: children; groups; music; wpa
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; family; figures; how we live; modern and contemporary art; organizations; people and occupations; relationships
Rights: If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.

Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 821 x 613
File Size: 61 KB
Record: 1943.56
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.56/1943.56.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Music and Musicians (5); 0 - Race and American Music (24); Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA (177); Children and childhood (267); Music, Musicians, Musical Instruments (113); Race, gender, class and American identity (393)

View the Help Guide for more information.

Full citation: "We Sings; Basil Hawkins." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.56/1943.56.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.