Negro Head

• Artist: Harry Levine
• Medium: Lignum vitae (wood)
• Dates: n.d.
• Dimensions: With Base: 18 x 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (45.7 x 14.3 x 19.7 cm) Base only: 6 7/8 x 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (17.5 x 14.3 x 14.3 cm)
• Signature: Unsigned
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 4, Shelf H
• Accession Number: 45.67.1
• Image: 45.67.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Carved head of black man with close-cropped hair, heavy-lidded eyes with pupils bored out, small flat nose, full lips, wrinkle outlines mouth, furrowed brow (wrinkles in forehead), wrinkles in neck; head attached to simple squared pilaster base. Condition: Good; few vertical cracks in wood; reddish triangular section at back of head.