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A fishbowl with three goldfish against a dark blue striped background.
Goldwater, Captain William Edward Jordan, n. d., colored pencil and graphite on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Estate of Captain William Edward Jordan.
Goldwater
Date
n. d.
Medium
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Image: 17 5/8 × 12 inches (44.8 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Terrell and Sherri Moody.
Object number
1997.11.2
On View
Not on view
Copyright
© Estate of Captain William Edward Jordan. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.
Label Text
Captain Jordan (Captain is his first name and not an official title), who lived in Savannah for a period of time, began making art after he was blinded by glaucoma at age 62. Feeling the pencil indentations in the paper, Jordan was able to determine where to place his color ̶ a technique he taught others. Jordan draws scenes from his memory, noting that his blindness actually helped him to remember his travels: “I am recovering scenes from my subconscious which, when I had sight, I scarcely noticed.” Jordan's work has been shown at Telfair in 1997 in a one-person exhibition titled Blind Vision: The Art of Captain William E. Jordan.
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