Portrait of a Collagist
Date:
1989
Medium:
Oil and collage on canvas
Dimensions:
91 3/8 x 51 1/4 in
232.1 x 130.2 cm
232.1 x 130.2 cm
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of Modern Art, Friends of African Art, gift of Mrs. George Kamperman, by exchange; and funds from Dr. Julius V. and Mrs. Alice Combs, Ronald Dobbins, Robert and Sharon Madison Polk, Eldora and Green Moss III, John Bolden, Judge Norma Y. Dotson, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Johnson, Dr. Edward J. Littlejohn, Dr. Tina C. Mason, Mayimuma and Chileumbwe Mason, Dr. Robert E. Perkins, Nettie Seabrooks, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Shapiro, Shirley Moultona and Marva Allen, Dr. Gwendolyn Washington and Jacqueline Washington, Kaye and Faye Washington, Khalid Raheem Haywood and Sherry Washington, Delores J. Weber, Dr. and Mrs. James Witherspoon, Andy Williams Agency, Gregory J. Reed and Associates, P.C., Drs. Houston and Carolyn Williams, Charonda V. Anumel, Sally Jo and Miles A. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowman, Jr., Bernard and Bettye Kilpatrick, Mr. amd Mrs. Malcolm G. Dade, Jr., Shirley R. and Sean M. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett S. Moten, Jr., Patterson, Phifer and Phillips, P.C., Kenneth and Marilyn White, Dr. Margaret Betts and Dr. Dexter Fields, Dr. Marjorie Peebles Meyers, Debra White-Hunt
Object number:
1993.65
Large painting of a self portrait of the artist holding a palette and paintbrush, standing in front of a painting. There is a stark white background and added to the surface are real collage elements such as chino pants and part of the shirt. Resting on the ground space is a box with odds and ends coming out.
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