A Portrait of Two American Artists as Young Negro Scholars

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A black-and-white digital chromogenic print portrait of artists Rashid Johnson (left) and Hank Willis Thomas (right). Johnson and Thomas are depicted from the waist up in front of an intricate, geometric backdrop. Both men wear dark pinstripe suit jackets, black neck ties with graphic white stripes, and white shirts. Johnson has long dark dreadlocks and gazes up and to his proper left. Thomas has dark short hair and looks directly into the camera with his head turned slightly to his proper right. Both men hold their fisted hands at the lapels of their jackets. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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