Dissipation

Item

Dissipation, Panel Three
Title
Dissipation
Date
1950-1951
Description
Panel Three of The Art of the Negro Mural Series
Abstract
Dissipation dramatizes the colonization and subjugation of Africa by European cultures with specific reference to the British militia that burned Benin to the ground in 1897 and the looting of all its art— still being contested by Nigerian authorities today.
Medium
Oil on canvas
144 x 144 inches
Creator
Hale A. Woodruff
Rights
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum

Is Part Of
The Art of the Negro Mural Series
Item sets
The Art of the Negro Mural Series 1950-51
Media
Dissipation, Panel Three Dissipation, Panel Three