Charles WHITE US, 1918-1979
Awaiting His Return, 1946
Lithograph
16 x 12.125 ins
40.64 x 30.99 cm
40.64 x 30.99 cm
Edition of 25
There were several proofs, aside from an edition of approximately 25. Printed by the artist at the Taller de Grafica Popular, Mexico City. Waiting is a very good impression of...
There were several proofs, aside from an edition of approximately 25.
Printed by the artist at the Taller de Grafica Popular, Mexico City.
Waiting is a very good impression of this very scarce print - it is best known as Awaiting His Return. According to Lucinda Gedeon, it was the first of four lithographs White printed in Mexico in 1946. White apparently was uncertain of its date and title when he inscribed this impression - under the title Hope for the Future, he wrote Waiting. Hope for the Future is the title he used for his previous 1945 lithograph which depicts a mother and a child. We have not found another impression of this print with either title. Another impression in the collection of the National Gallery is alternatively titled Mother. The image is a scarce depiction of a wartime African American subject. White depicts an African American woman seated under a banner of the Gold Star, a celebration of a husband or son actively serving in the armed forces.
Other impressions of this important lithograph are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the David C. Driskell Collection, University of Maryland, the Howard University Gallery of Art, the Artist Students League, New York and the Primas Family Collection. Gedeon Ea4.
Printed by the artist at the Taller de Grafica Popular, Mexico City.
Waiting is a very good impression of this very scarce print - it is best known as Awaiting His Return. According to Lucinda Gedeon, it was the first of four lithographs White printed in Mexico in 1946. White apparently was uncertain of its date and title when he inscribed this impression - under the title Hope for the Future, he wrote Waiting. Hope for the Future is the title he used for his previous 1945 lithograph which depicts a mother and a child. We have not found another impression of this print with either title. Another impression in the collection of the National Gallery is alternatively titled Mother. The image is a scarce depiction of a wartime African American subject. White depicts an African American woman seated under a banner of the Gold Star, a celebration of a husband or son actively serving in the armed forces.
Other impressions of this important lithograph are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the David C. Driskell Collection, University of Maryland, the Howard University Gallery of Art, the Artist Students League, New York and the Primas Family Collection. Gedeon Ea4.
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