Reading Tea Leaves
Artist
Harry Herman Roseland
(American, 1868 - 1950)
Date1906
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions10 1/8 x 14 1/4 in.
ClassificationsOil Painting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Valentine B. Chamberlain
Object number2000.87
DescriptionRoseland, who was self-taught, painted hundreds of genre subjects of African-Americans living in the northeast during the first half of the 20th century. A favorite subject was the old fortune teller being consulted by a beautiful young woman. Roseland's clever scenes were remarkably dispassionate and candid, yet always charming.On View
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