RT Journal
A1 Cole TB
T1 Still-life: Past revisited
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD November 28
VO 308
IS 20
SP 2064
OP 2064
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3344
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3344
AB 
A dim corner in a memorabilia shop is the settingof Still-Life: Past Revisited (cover), by the American painter Eldzier Cortor (1916-    ). The shop is stocked with keepsakes gleaned from attics and estates, for sale as-is to collectors who can't afford pricey antiques. A forest of dining chairs frames a knick-knack shelf holding cups, candleholders, and a small replica of James Earle Fraser's weary Indian sculpture, End of the Trail. On the pinball table, near the cathedral radio, is a cardboard fan advertising the hair care products of Madam C. J. Walker. Madam Walker was a self-made millionaire who traveled the country promoting social causes along with her business. She advocated for black veterans of World War I, helped finance the antilynching campaign of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and supported schools, orphanages, and retirement homes. Behind the pinball table is a bass drum stenciled with the name of the American bandleader Erskine Tate, whose ten-piece jazz orchestra accompanied silent films at the Vendome Theater on the South Side of Chicago.