Catalogue of the Exhibition

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Catalogue of the Exhibition

Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins

Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

Catalogue of the Exhibition
Vertis Hayes
American, 1911–2000
The Lynchers, ca. 1930s
Oil on canvas
19½ × 15¼ inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art, GMOA
2012.127

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Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins

PublisherYale University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00312.5

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Catalogue of the Exhibition

Cat. 1
Vertis Hayes
American, 1911–2000
The Lynchers, ca. 1930s
Oil on canvas
19½ × 15¼ inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art, GMOA
2012.127

Cat. 2
Augusta Savage
American, 1892–1962
Gamin, ca. 1930
Plaster
9 × 5¾ × 3½ inches
Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase, 2013.2

Cat. 3
Archibald John Motley Jr.
American, 1891–1981
Brown Girl After the Bath, 1931
Oil on canvas
48¼ × 36 inches
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Gift of an anonymous donor, 2007.015

Cat. 4
Hale Woodruff
American, 1900–1980
Untitled (Autumn in Georgia), 1931
Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inches
Museum Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, University Purchase, 2006

Cat. 5
Allan Rohan Crite
American, 1910–2007
Late Afternoon, 1934
Oil on canvas
32 5/16 × 24 3/16 inches
Boston Athenæum, Gift of the artist, 1971, UR77

Cat. 6
Archibald John Motley Jr.
American, 1891–1981
Jazz Singers, ca. 1934
Oil on canvas
32⅛ × 42½ inches
The Federal Art Project Collection of Western Illinois University
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, U.S. General Services Administration New Deal Art Project

Cat. 7
Claude Clark
American, 1915–2001
In the Groove, 1934–43
Lithograph
12½ × 9½ inches
Private collection, Memphis

Cat. 8
Hale Woodruff
American, 1900–1980
Giddap, 1935
Linoleum cut with chine collé
12 × 9 inches
LeMoyne-Owen College

Cat. 9
Hale Woodruff
American, 1900–1980
By Parties Unknown, 1935
Linoleum cut with chine collé
11 15/16 × 8⅞ inches
LeMoyne-Owen College

Cat. 10
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
American, 1890–1960
Walk among the Lilies, ca. 1935
Polychromed wood panel
24 × 18 × 2¼ inches
Private collection

Cat. 11
Charles White
American, 1918–1979
Lust for Bread, 1935–45
Oil on canvas
15 × 11 inches
Jonathan Green Studios, LLC

Cat. 12
Charles Sebree
American, 1914–1985
Still Life, 1936
Oil on canvas
24 × 30 inches
Private collection

Cat. 13
Beulah Woodard
American, 1895–1955
Maudelle, 1937
Painted terra-cotta
12 × 12 inches
Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, PFF216

Cat. 14
Walter Ellison
American, 1899–1977
Just Business, ca. 1940
Oil on paperboard
18 × 24 inches
The John and Susan Horseman Foundation for American Art

Cat. 15
Vertis Hayes
American, 1911–2000
Untitled, ca. 1940s
Mixed media on canvas
36¼ × 44 inches
LeMoyne-Owen College

Cat. 16
Aaron Douglas
American, 1899–1979
Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1940
Oil on canvas
20¼ × 24 inches
LeMoyne-Owen College

Cat. 17
Rex Goreleigh
American, 1902–1986
The Mourners, 1940
Oil on canvas
37 × 32 inches
Collection Thom Pegg, St. Louis

Cat. 18
Laura Wheeler Waring
American, 1887–1948
After Sunday Service, 1940
Oil on canvas
30 × 14½ inches
Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, PFF231

Cat. 19
Laura Wheeler Waring
American, 1887–1948
Woman with Bouquet, ca. 1940
Oil on canvas
30 × 25 inches
Brooklyn Museum; Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Teresa A. Carbone, 2016.2

Cat. 20
William H. Johnson
American, 1901–1970
Sowing, 1940
Gouache
10¼ × 14 inches
The James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore

Cat. 21
John Biggers
American, 1924–2001
The Mandolin Player, 1940s
Oil on canvas
Framed: 36 × 26 × 1 inches
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit

Cat. 22
Frederick D. Jones Jr.
American, 1913–1996
Madonna Moderne, undated
Oil on canvas
23½ × 11½ inches
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, 1954.003

Cat. 23
Elmer Brown
American, 1909–1971
Gandy Dancer’s Gal, 1942
Oil on canvas
24 × 32 inches
ARTneo; Gift of the Elmer Brown Estate

Cat. 24
John Wilson
American, born 1922
Deliver Us from Evil, 1943
Graphite on paper
19 × 21 inches
Collection of Kimberly and Elliot Perry

Cat. 25
Loïs Mailou Jones
American, 1905–1998
Eusebia Cosme, 1944
Oil on canvas
22 × 15½ inches
Private collection

Cat. 26
Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917–2000
No. 2, Main Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship, 1944
Watercolor and gouache on paper
20 × 24 inches
United States Coast Guard Heritage Asset Collection

Cat. 27
Samella Lewis
American, born 1924
Water Boy, 1944
Oil on canvas
47⅛ × 39 inches
Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA

Cat. 28
Horace Pippin
American, 1888–1946
Holy Mountain I, 1944
Oil on canvas
30½ × 36 inches
Art Bridges

Cat. 29
Claude Clark
American, 1915–2001
The Runner, 1945
Oil on board
21 × 20 inches
Collection of Kimberly and Elliot Perry

Cat. 30
Thelma Johnson Streat
American, 1912–1959
Baby on Bird (Untitled), ca. 1945
Oil on panel
20 × 28 inches
The John and Susan Horseman Foundation for American Art

Cat. 31
Elizabeth Catlett
American, 1915–2012
Pensive [Bust of a Woman], 1946, recast 1995
Bronze
18 × 9⅜ × 9 inches
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University; purchase, funded by the Friends of Kresge Art Museum Endowment, Offices of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, MSU Development Fund, Blue Care Network/Health Central, 95.11

Cat. 32
Rose Piper
American, 1917–2005
The Death of Bessie Smith, 1947
Oil on canvas
25 × 30 inches
The John and Susan Horseman Foundation for American Art

Cat. 33
Walter Augustus Simon
American, 1916–1979
Lines from François Villon #1, 1948
Casein on board
23¼ × 13 inches
Private collection

Cat. 34
Eldzier Cortor
American, 1916–2015
Southern Souvenir No. II, ca. 1948
Oil on board mounted on Masonite on wood strainer
21 × 50 inches
Art Bridges

Cat. 35
Archibald John Motley Jr.
American, 1891–1981
Bronzeville at Night, 1949
Oil on canvas
30 × 40 inches
Art Bridges

Cat. 36
Hooks Brothers Photography
American, active 1907–1979
Rev. Brewster at Pilgrim Baptist Church Preaching in front of Vertis Hayes Mural, 1949
Gelatin silver print
8 × 10 inches
Private collection, Memphis

Cat. 37
Charles Alston
American, 1907–1977
Jazz, ca. 1950
Oil on canvas
40 × 30 inches
Private collection

Cat. 38
Walter Augustus Simon
American, 1916–1979
String Dance #2, 1951
Oil on canvas
32 × 27 inches
Private collection

Cat. 39
Charles White
American, 1918–1979
Our Land, 1951
Tempera on panel
24 × 20 inches
Art Bridges

Cat. 40
Norman Lewis
American, 1909–1979
Untitled, 1952
Oil on linen
20 × 28 inches
Collection of Kimberly and Elliot Perry

Cat. 41
Hale Woodruff
American, 1900–1980
Four Figurations, 1969
Oil on canvas
60 × 71 inches
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta

Cat. 42
Hooks Brothers Photography
American, active 1907–1979
Unidentified Church with Mural, 1952
Gelatin silver print
7½ × 9½ inches
Private collection, Memphis

Cat. 43
Hooks Brothers Photography
American, active 1907–1979
Chairman of Lemoyne Alumni Day, published in Memphis World, February 15, 1952
Gelatin silver print
7⅝ × 9½ inches
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase; funds provided by Sara and Kevin Adams, Deupree Family Foundation, Henry and Lynne Turley, Kaywin Feldman and Jim Lutz, and Marina Pacini and David McCarthy, 2006.31.129

Cat. 44
Ernest Crichlow
American, 1914–2005
Harriet, 1953
Gouache on board
17 × 13 inches
Collection of Kimberly and Elliot Perry

Cat. 45
Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917–2000
Harlem Hospital Surgery, 1953
Egg tempera on hardboard
20 × 24 inches
Private collection

Cat. 46
Walter Augustus Simon
American, 1916–1979
Khambavati, 1953
Oil on wood panel
48 × 24 inches
Private collection

Cat. 47
Hughie Lee-Smith
American, 1915–1999
Contemplating My Future, 1954
Oil on canvas
24 × 36 inches
The John and Susan Horseman Foundation for American Art

Cat. 48
Irene Clark
American, 1927–1980
A Mansion at Prairie Avenue, ca. 1955
Oil on plywood
14¼ × 13 inches
The Art Institute of Chicago, Walter M. Campana Memorial Prize Fund, 2003.40

Cat. 49
Reginald A. Morris
American, 1920–1997
Salvator Mundi, 1956–57
Oil on canvas
2 panels at 36 × 48 inches each
2 panels at 98 × 39 inches each
1 panel at 108 × 52 inches
Second Congregational Church, Memphis

Cat. 50
Walter Augustus Simon
American, 1916–1979
Abstraction with Woman’s Head or Cinema, 1958
Casein on board
9 × 14½ inches
Private collection

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