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Title	The Janitor Who Paints.
Creator	Hayden, Palmer C. (American painter, 1893-1973)
Date	1937?
Cultural Context	American African-American North American
Style/Period	Harlem Renaissance
Subject	African Americans Men Janitors Working class Artists African American artists African American women Women Mothers Infants Children Posing Smiling Painting Domestic life Shirts Neckties Berets Hats Dresses Corsages Flowers Hairstyles Shoes Footwear Cats Animals Sleeping Easels Palettes Artists' materials Brooms & brushes Light bulbs Light fixtures Pipes (Conduits) Tables Tablecloths Alarm clocks Clocks & watches Trash cans Cans Interiors
Material	Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements	39 1/8 x 32 7/8 in (99.3 x 83.5 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique)
Inscription	Artist signature, bottom left.
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings
Repository	Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum [previously National Museum of American Art] (Washington, DC) Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
Source	Britton, Crystal A. African American Art: The Long Struggle. New York: Smithmark, 1996. (p.60)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Britton courtesy: National Museum of American Art, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1842-20.jpg
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