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Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York New York 10037
Date:
1934
Notes:
Earle, Susan, ed., "Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2007, pg. 168.
"Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America," New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1987, pl. 9.
Earle, Susan, ed., "Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2007, pl. 70.
"Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America," New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1987, pl. 9.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Landscape--Plant--Cotton  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Performing Arts--Music  Search this
Occupation--Farm--Harvesting  Search this
Occupation--Other--Reformer  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600053
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399575