Assessed Valuation of Georgia Property — W. E. B. Du Bois, 1900

Created around 1900 by W. E. B. Du Bois, this extraordinary statistical diagram visualizes the assessed value of taxable property owned by African Americans in Georgia between 1875 and 1890. Concentric rings and sharply projecting segments transform economic data into a bold composition of yellow, blue, black, red and warm neutral tones.

Du Bois prepared the chart for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, where statistical graphics were used to communicate the economic and social progress of African Americans since emancipation. Its combination of hand-painted color, precise data and radical geometric organization makes the work an important example of early information design.

Artwork Details

• Artist: W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
• Title: [The Georgia Negro] Assessed Valuation of All Taxable Property Owned by Georgia Negroes
• Original title: [The Georgia Negro] Assessed valuation of all taxable property owned by Georgia Negroes.
• Series: The Georgia Negro / Negro Exhibit of the American Section, Paris Exposition Universelle
• Date: Circa 1900
• Period: Turn of the 20th century
• Place of Origin: Georgia, United States; prepared for exhibition in Paris, France
• Medium: Ink and watercolor on board; 710 × 560 mm

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