Of Service To The Nation

Pictured in the White House Vermeil Room, First Lady Michelle Obama is seen in her finest evening gown, holding a cameo of Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree, an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and author who was born into slavery in New York before escaping to freedom in 1826.). Titled “Of Service To The Nation,” this drawing is a continuation of the presidential narrative of respectfully remembering and honoring the past by singling out an important figure in America’s struggle and evolution for racial and gender equality.

Historically in the art world, up to the twentieth century, drawings were generally thought of as “informal” works. Although finished products artistically standing on their own merit, these three entered drawings could also be considered as conceptual and compositional studies that might one day be considered for formal oils.

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