Red Cross Knitting Center

Title

Red Cross Knitting Center

Date

1943

Description

Painting

Abstract

The work depicts African American nurses at a Red Cross in a flat, consciously naïve style. When Johnson made the work during the early forties, Knit Your Bit programs held at American Red Cross centers involved the production of hats, scarves, socks, and other winter clothing to support U.S. Armed Forces fighting around the world. It was one of the key ways that Americans at home could support the war effort.

Medium

Oil on Cardboard
21 x 24 in.

Creator

William H. Johnson

Rights

Clark Atlanta University Art Museum