Portrait of William Spratling

Rene d'Harnoncourt

1925 - 1935

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Spring Blossoms, Winslow Homer, woodcut
A black and white photograph featuring a column of rock formation or a geological stack towards the back of the image along with a smaller rock in the foreground. Longer exposure time created a foggy or milky movement in the water around the rocky formations. The clear horizon line with the sky creates a still background.
This painting represents an architecturally ornate Gulf Oil gas station with two pumps standing on the street in front of the building and Gulf Oil logos on the facade. The building stands at a spot where two streets meet. Behind the building is blue sky, a gas holder in the upper left corner, and the Birmingham city skyline in the upper right corner. In the foreground is a tree, power poles, and a car. The streets in front of the gas station are lined with streetcar tracks.
This black and white photograph centers on an African American man, dressed in a suit, who holds a tube to his mouth. The tube curves, runs beneath his feet, and connects to a flaming vessel. To the left and the right of the man are wooden crossbeams. One vertical support beam to the left of the figure reads “HAITI” and another reads “65.” In front of those beams, represented in the lower right corner of the image, are two buckets.