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Carrying the Lighter Child
Lonnie Holley1986
Souls Grown Deep
Atlanta, United States
"Carrying the Lighter Child" was painted on a closet door from my grandpappy’s house; it reflects the laboring through the different civilizations of history. Some people couldn’t do it themselves, the lighter children who needed help to make it through the different climates. Some people didn’t have the strength. —Lonnie Holley
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- Title: Carrying the Lighter Child
- Creator: Lonnie Holley
- Creator Lifespan: b. 1950
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama
- Date Created: 1986
- Location Created: Birmingham, Alabama
- Physical Dimensions: 73 1/2 x 48 in. (186.7 x 121.9 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Black Art, African American art
- Type: Painting
- Rights: © Lonnie Holley / Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio
- External Link: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/lonnie-holley
- Medium: Enamel on wood
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