What Do You Live For? “Father”
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- Robin Clark
- What Do You Live For? “Father”
- 2007
- Oil on Currency, Currency Ink Dust, glass pipettes, Cherry, Purpleheart, Black Walnut and Spruce Hardwoods
- 10.75" x 8.25"
Exhibitions
Context
Pencil Work up
George Washington, the father of our country. Childless with his wife, he was rumored to have fathered a small boy with one of his “comfort” slaves. During the last years of his life, a young African boy was often seen sitting along side Mr. Washington on buggy rides in and around Mt. Vernon.