Black Man Seated on a Chair

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The subject of Black Man Seated on a Chair (1910), a sepia wash on paper by Savannah artist Lucile Desbouillons Murphy, may have been an employee of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, where Murphy studied under Carl Brandt in the 1890s.

Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art

Black Man Seated on a Chair

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