Female Half Figure – Nude

Lucille Douglass

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This painting represents a view of a valley. Rocky, treeless mountains rise to the left and right size of the canvas, with sandy, yellow-brown ground, trees, and shrubs in the foreground. The purple and gray mountains are shrouded in mist and recede into the background.
Composition in black, green, yellow, and red of a curl-shape, horizontal and vertical dashes, and square shapes.
Black and white press print showing a white male police officer in sunglasses and a nun surrounded by a crowd of people. Includes caption "Steadfast She Stands...Selma, Alabama: In another of the seemingly endless confrontations, Dallas County Sheriff James Clark (left, in sunglasses) halts another attempted march by civil rights demonstrators here today. The nun, in front rank, at right, stands steadfast as argument goes on. (United Press International)"
This black and white landscape represents trees and a building in Texas. In the foreground there are three tall, skinny trees. The middle ground shows a shallow-looking body of water, with a small building to the left. Telephone poles and wires also run across the center of the image.