Pencil Sketch by George Washington Carver, July 29, 1942
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George Washington Carver visited Dearborn in 1942 when Henry Ford dedicated a laboratory in his honor. But Carver wanted to honor Ford as well, producing this sketch of a statue to Ford at the museum entrance. Though Carver's hands shook due to illness, he had a grand monument in mind. "Oh," he told painter Irving Bacon, "I can visualize the spread of spiritual wings at its base..."
George Washington Carver visited Dearborn in 1942 when Henry Ford dedicated a laboratory in his honor. But Carver wanted to honor Ford as well, producing this sketch of a statue to Ford at the museum entrance. Though Carver's hands shook due to illness, he had a grand monument in mind. "Oh," he told painter Irving Bacon, "I can visualize the spread of spiritual wings at its base..."
Artifact
Drawing (Visual work)
Date Made
29 July 1942
Subject Date
29 July 1942
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1657.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Manila paper
Graphite pencil
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
handwritten, verso: G. W. C. 7-29-1942
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