Untitled (Two Moons) and Mural Study (Executive Order #8802)
Artist
Thelma Johnson Streat
(born Yakima, Washington, 1911; died Los Angeles, California, 1959)
Datecirca 1941
MediumTempera on paper
DimensionsImage Overall: 28 × 55 in. (71.1 × 139.7 cm)
Frame: 33 1/4 × 61 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (84.5 × 156.8 × 8.9 cm)
Base (frame base/foot): 1 1/2 × 72 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (3.8 × 184.8 × 31.4 cm)
Frame: 33 1/4 × 61 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (84.5 × 156.8 × 8.9 cm)
Base (frame base/foot): 1 1/2 × 72 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (3.8 × 184.8 × 31.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2016.16 A-B
DescriptionDouble-sided painting. One side is a study in black, white, and red for a mural regarding Executive Order #8802, desegregating National Defense. The other side is a stylized image of a seated figure at right and an animal (dog?) at left. Two moons, one smiling, one frowning, at upper left.On View
Not on view
