A black-and-white portrait print of the face of a Black man with a mustache above the words "An American with a Dream."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Mervin Jules (1912-1994)

Date

ca. 1963-1968
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Woodcut
Dimensions

Image: 14 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.
Sheet: 18 x 23 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
signed, l.r. in graphite, below image: JULES
titled l.l. in graphite, below image: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
insc l.c. in graphite, below image: PROOF
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John Richardson
Accession Number

2002.13
Copyright

Status undetermined

American Masters of the Woodcut

March 29–October 12, 2003

This exhibition presents a survey of the resurgence of relief printmaking in America, when it was transformed into a lively art form well suited to accommodate a highly personal and experimental approach to graphic expression.
Identity

April 30–October 23, 2016

Identity explores community, celebrity, and individual representation through portraiture, delving into the idea that identity in American culture is as much influenced by individual presentation as factors that are externally determined.

Location: Off view

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