Aaron Douglas, 'Aspiration' (1936)


"Aspiration," created for the Texas Centennial of 1936, conveys the artist’s perception of a link between African/Egyptian and African American cultures—rejecting European claims to Egypt’s historical legacy.

famsf.org/artworks/aspiration

smarthistory.org/seeing-americ

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Do

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