Museum object · Visual Arts
Lincoln
1952; printed 1953
New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white offset lithograph titled “Lincoln” by Charles White. The lithograph is a detailed portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. The portrait captures an older Lincoln from the neck up, against a solid white background. He is wearing a white shirt with a white bowtie. The artist’s signature is to the right of the bowtie, handwritten in black ink: [CHARLES / WHITE ‘52]. At the front, right bottom corner in black text is [VI], marking it as the sixth of six lithographs from the portfolio “Charles White: Six Drawings” printed by Masses & Mainstream, Inc.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2023.87.6
