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Aaron Douglas papers, 1921-1973

Creator:
Douglas, Aaron, 1899-1979  Search this
Subject:
Fisk University. Art Dept  Search this
Type:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Citation:
Aaron Douglas papers, 1921-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching -- Tennessee -- Nashville  Search this
Art, American  Search this
African American artists  Search this
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this
African American educators  Search this
Theme:
African American  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10795
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214482
AAA_collcode_dougaaro
Theme:
African American
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214482
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Birds in Flight, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19130
Date:
1927
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Animal--Bird  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600042
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399564
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Into Bondage, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565
Date:
1936
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Landscape--Coast  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600023
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399545
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Study for God's Trombones, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Tempera on board
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Foundation for the Arts
Date:
1926
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Study  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600036
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399558
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Study for Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Tempera on paper
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive Baltimore Maryland 21218
Date:
1934
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Study  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600003
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399520
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Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction (painting)

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

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Tempera on paper
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1934
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 87500018
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_470297
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Study for God's Trombones, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on board
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1926
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 87500036
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_470315
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Emperor Jones Series: Flight, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fisk University Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts 1000 Seventeenth Avenue North Nashville Tennessee 37208
Topic:
Figure  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 49480050
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_422250
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Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South, (painting)

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
Topic:
Landscape--Celestial--Star  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Performing Arts--Dance  Search this
Performing Arts--Music  Search this
Occupation--Labor  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600052
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399574
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Self-Portrait, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Subject:
Douglas, Aaron  Search this
Medium:
Pastel and charcoal on paper
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
University of Kansas Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 1301 Mississippi Street Lawrence Kansas 66045
Date:
1954
Topic:
Portrait male--Head  Search this
Portrait male--Self Portrait  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Art--Painter  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Eye wear  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600067
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399589
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Subway Scene (Train Station), (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colyer, Sheryl L., Dr New York New York
Topic:
Figure group--Male  Search this
Architecture--Vehicle--Subway  Search this
Architecture exterior--Civic--Subway Station  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600073
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399595
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The Athlete, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas board
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Johnson Collection, The 100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203 Spartanburg South Carolina 29306 Accession Number: 2007.10.10
Date:
1959
Topic:
Architecture interior  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Sport  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68670197
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_459658
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Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, (painting)

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
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Performing Arts--Music  Search this
Cityscape  Search this
Architecture exterior--Commercial--Skyscraper  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600020
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399542
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Inspiration, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Paintings-Mural
Owner/Location:
Fisk University Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts 1000 Seventeenth Avenue North Cravath Hall, Card Catalogue Room Nashville Tennessee 37208
Date:
1930
Topic:
Figure male  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Allegory--Other--Imagination  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600030
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399552
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Self-Portrait, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Subject:
Douglas, Aaron  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1945
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Portrait male--Self Portrait  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Art--Painter  Search this
Object--Art Tool--Palette  Search this
Object--Art Tool--Easel  Search this
Object--Art Object--Painting  Search this
Architecture interior--Detail--Window  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Smoking  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Eye wear  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600065
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399587
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Alta, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Barnett-Aden Gallery Washington District of Columbia
Topic:
Portrait female--Alta  Search this
Portrait female--Knee length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 62050010
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_390440
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The Founding of Chicago, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Gouache on paperboard
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
University of Kansas Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 1301 Mississippi Street Lawrence Kansas 66045
Date:
1933-1940
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Cityscape--Illinois--Chicago  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600008
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399530
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Window Cleaning, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sheldon Museum of Art and Sculpture Garden 12th & R Streets Lincoln Nebraska 68588 Accession Number: N-40
Date:
1935
Topic:
Architecture interior--Domestic--Apartment  Search this
Architecture interior--Detail--Window  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Service  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600015
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399537
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Prodigal Son, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Gouache on paper
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library New Haven Connecticut 06520
Date:
1927
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Recreation--Dancing  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600018
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399540

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