Art Minutes: "Josephine Baker" by Jean Chassaing
In this Art Minutes video, learn more about an Art Deco-era painting depicting Josephine Baker by little-known French artist Jean Chassaing.
Script, narration, and editing by Kerry Elkins
Media by Lisa Anderson
Music: “Hot Lips (He’s Got Hot Lips When He Plays Jazz)” performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Public Domain)
Stock visuals: Envato Elements
Additional visuals: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, GRAND ROUL-ENT DP-117; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision; Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-07816; Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Jean-Claude Baker
Special thanks to Rachel Walkover for French translation.
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Jean Chassaing (French, 1905-1938)
“Josephine Baker,” circa 1931
Gouache on paper, 21 x 15 in.
Museum purchase