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Collection Citation:
Floyd Coleman papers, 1954-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed."--Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance, 1852. From the series Great Ideas.
Artist:
Richard Hunt, born Chicago, IL 1935-died Chicago, IL 2023 Search this
Medium:
chromed and welded steel
Dimensions:
32 x 50 5/8 x 33 3/4 in. (81.3 x 128.7 x 85.8 cm.)
12 black artists from Boston : [exhibition] Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., July 20-August 31, 1969 ; Afro-American Organization [sponsor]
19 sixties : a cultural awakening re-evaluated, 1965-1975 / organized by the California Afro-American Museum ; essays by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Cecil Fergerson
