Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
28 x 36 in. (canvas) 36-7/8 x 45 x 2-1/8 (framed)
Mark Description
Signed and dated, in yellow paint, lower right: Alston | 1948
Accession Number
Credit Line
James E. Roberts Fund, Frank Curtis Springer & Irving Moxley Springer Purchase Fund, Jane Weldon Myers Acquisition Fund, Anonymous Gift by exchange
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Charles Alston [1907-1977], New York, New York; Lawrence Hilton [b. 1945] Trenton, New Jersey by May 1990; Melvin Holmes, San Francisco, California; Estate of Melvin Holmes, San Francisco, California; Saranah Holmes and Kenya Holmes, San Francisco, California;{1} (Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, New York); purchased by the Indianapolis Musuem of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2022 (2022.11). {1} Daughters of Melvin Holmes.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Charles Alston: Artist and Teacher
Kenkeleba House
May 13, 1990 - July 1, 1990
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