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THBGeorge Washington Carver "Psycho Beautigraph Etching" by Artist Felix B. Gaines, 1946
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Psycho Beautigraph etching, 11 x 16.5 in., matted and framed, 18.5 x 23.5 in. Dr. George Washington Carver, Famous Scientist. Signed lower right in plate by Felix B. Gaines, and copyrighted 1946 at lower left. Based on a photographic portrait of Dr. Carver made by Arthur Rothstein in March 1942.
A rare etching made by Birmingham, AL artist Felix Benjamin Gaines (1908–1991) produced to commemorate the life and accomplishments of George Washington Carver (ca 1864-1943), pioneering African American scientist, inventor, and director of agricultural teaching and research at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, who is most famous for his development of peanut butter. While little is known about Gaines and his "Psycho Beautigraph" technique, research indicates that he made highly detailed pen-and-ink drawings that were reproduced as photo-lithographs, which he then marketed primarily to audiences in the southern United States. His goal with the Dr. Carver portrait was to distribute reproductions to African American schools and churches during the mid-to-late 1940s in an attempt to inspire young people to pursue higher education "as a means to achieve racial tolerance and a better understanding between the races," as quoted by Helena E. Wright, "Intriguing Images of Dr George Washington Carver." Blog post on "O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History," 2015.
Not examined outside frame.Condition
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