Sleeping Woman (Barnet)

Sleeping Woman 
Will Barnet, 1938 
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Woman in a Maroon Blouse

Woman in a Maroon Blouse 
William H. Johnson, 1940 
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC 

Sister Catherine

Sister Catherine (Portrait of a Young Woman) 
S. Arlent Edwards, 1912
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Káh-kée-tsee, Thighs, a Wichita Woman

Káh-kée-tsee, Thighs, a Wichita Woman 
George Catlin, 1834 
Another from the SAAM.

Arab Woman

Arab Woman, Kairouan  [Tunisia]
William H Johnson, 1932
Another from the SAAM.

Family

Family
Romare Bearden, 1986

Another Romare Bearden at the SAAM, this one showcasing women (old, midlife, young) in the context of family and centered around a father figure. As before, I love the abstracted results of Bearden's collages.