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Description: Yaekle Building
TitleYaekle Building
Creator nameHawkins, William
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation dateUnknown
Object typePainting
MaterialsAlkyd house paint on reused plywood, with cardboard pieces and scrap woods, including white pine coves, half-rounds, and quarter-rounds
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https:/­/­www.philamuseum.org/­collection/­object/­312322
Accession numberBST-116
SubjectsPainting, American--20th centuryFolk artAfrican American artists
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Resonances: A Discussion on Collecting with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Darielle Mason
Description: Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz...
Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sheldon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937. Growing up he worked in his family’s wholesale fish business, held a variety of odd jobs, and, in his own words, lived “at the edge...
Author
Darielle Mason
PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Copyright© 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art
Related print edition pages: pp.240-251
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00323.13
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22924&redirecttoanchor=82614
Chapter subject tags:Art--Collectors and collectingPrivate art collectionsFolk artOutsider artistsKanthas

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Description: Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameDouglas, Aaron
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1934
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions108 × 108 in. (274.32 × 274.32 cm)
LocationNew York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6ca557ed-9597-5dcd-e040-e00a18065af4
Accession numberb11486938
Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the...
Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Description: April 4
April 4
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameGilliam, Sam
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1969
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions110 × 179 3/4 in. (279.4 × 456.6 cm.)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/april-4-9102
Accession number1973.115
April 4
April 4
Description: Homage to Nina Simone
Homage to Nina Simone
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameThompson, Bob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1965
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions121.9 × 183.2 cm
LocationMinneapolis Institute of Arts
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3885/homage-to-nina-simone-bob-thompson
Accession number89.83
Homage to Nina Simone
Homage to Nina Simone
Description: Untitled
Untitled
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1944
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions16 x 29 1/2 in.
LocationNorman Lewis Collection
Untitled
Untitled
Description: Two Figures
Two Figures
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameBearden, Romare Howard
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1946
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on masonite
Dimensions22 x 30 in.
LocationCollection of Mrs. Loida Lewis, New York
Two Figures
Two Figures
Description: Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameRichardson, Earle Wilton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1934
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 × 32 1/8 in. (121.8 ×81.6 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/employment-of-negroes-in-agriculture-20876
Accession number1964.1.183
Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Description: Painting
Painting
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameAlston, Charles Henry
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1950
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions50 x 36 in.
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488660
Accession number51.18
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Description: Many Mansions
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameMarshall, Kerry James
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1994
Object typeCollage
MaterialsAcrylic on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions114 x 135 in. (289.6 x 343 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/137125/many-mansions
Accession number1995.147
Many Mansions
Many Mansions
Description: Cabin in the Cotton
Cabin in the Cotton
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator namePippin, Horace
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1931-1937
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on cotton mounted on Masonite
Dimensions51 × 85 cm (20 × 33 1/2 in.)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/111617?search_no=41&index=0
Accession number1990.417
Cabin in the Cotton
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Description: Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South
Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameDouglas, Aaron
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1934
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions57 3/4 x 138 1/4 in (146.7 x 351.2 cm)
LocationNew York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634c04bc-fed3-b0e8-e040-e00a18063c1a
Accession numberb11486938
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Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South
Description: The Black Prince
The Black Prince
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameJarrell, Wadsworth
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1971
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions162.5 × 112 cm
LocationPrivate collection
The Black Prince
The Black Prince
Description: Four Figures
Four Figures
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1944
Object typePainting
MaterialsOpaque watercolor on burlap
Dimensions30 × 26 in. (76 × 66 cm)
LocationCollection of Billy E. Hodges
Four Figures
Title Unknown
Description: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator namePippin, Horace
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1941
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas board
Dimensions14 × 11 in. (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
LocationAlbright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo
https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/rca19422-self-portrait
Accession numberRCA1942:2
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
Description: Aspects of Negro Life, The Negro in an African Setting
Aspects of Negro Life, The Negro in an African Setting
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameDouglas, Aaron
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1934
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions72 1/4 x 78 1/2 in. (183.5 x 199.4 cm)
LocationNew York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634c59a4-6f99-3618-e040-e00a180633b0
Accession numberb11486938
Aspects of Negro Life, The Negro in an...
Aspects of Negro Life, The Negro in an African Setting
Description: Drunk
Drunk
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1946
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on masonite
Drunk
Drunk
Description: Street Music
Street Music
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1950
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 7/8 x 24 in. (65.72 x 60.96 cm)
LocationAlbright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo
https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/20098-street-music
Accession number2009:8
Street Music
Street Music
Description: Untitled
Untitled
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameJackson, Harlan
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1946
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 × 15 in.
LocationWilliam Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba House, New York
Untitled
Untitled
Description: Mask No. 11
Mask No. 11
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameJackson, Harlan
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1949
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions41 x 36 in.
LocationCollection of Mrs. Jaki Jackson, East Hampton, New York
Mask No. 11
Mask No. 11
Description: Jitterbugs (V)
Jitterbugs (V)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1941−1942
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions36 1/2 × 28 3/4 in.
LocationHampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia
Jitterbugs (V)
Jitterbugs (V)
Description: Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against a Sharp White Background)
Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against a Sharp White Background)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLigon, Glenn
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1990
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood
Dimensions203.2 × 76.2 cm
Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am...
Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against a Sharp White Background)
Description: Nightlife
Nightlife
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameMotley, Archibald John, Jr.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1943
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 x 47 3/4 in. (91.4 x 121.3 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/117266?search_no=1&index=0
Accession number1992.89
Nightlife
Nightlife
Description: Untitled (Potato Eaters)
Untitled (Potato Eaters)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1945
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 × 36 in.
LocationCollection of Raymond J. McGuire
Untitled (Potato Eaters)
Untitled (The Potato Eaters)
Description: Musicians (aka Street Musicians)
Musicians (aka Street Musicians)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1945
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.
LocationPrivate collection
Musicians (aka Street Musicians)
Street Musicians
Description: Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1950
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions50 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (128.3 x 66.7 cm)
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo
Description: Untitled
Untitled
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameBearden, Romare Howard
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1947
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on board
Dimensions24 x 29 1/2 in.
LocationACA Galleries, New York
Untitled
Untitled
Description: The Liar
The Liar
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameMotley, Archibald John, Jr.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1936
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 x 36 in. (81.8 x 91.4 cm)
LocationHoward University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Liar
The Liar
Description: Untitled (Alabama)
Untitled (Alabama)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1967
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions114.9 × 186.7 cm (45 1/4 × 73 1/2 in.)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.143140.html
Accession number2009.45.1
Untitled (Alabama)
Untitled (Alabama)
Description: Homage to Nina Simone, detail
Homage to Nina Simone, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameThompson, Bob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1965
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMinneapolis Institute of Arts
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3885/homage-to-nina-simone-bob-thompson
Accession number89.83
Homage to Nina Simone, detail
Homage to Nina Simone, detail
Description: Untitled
Untitled
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1945
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 23 1/4 in.
LocationNorman Lewis Collection
Untitled
Untitled
Description: Blues
Blues
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameMotley, Archibald John, Jr.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1929
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 × 42 in.
LocationCollection of Valerie Gerrard Brown and Mara Motley, M.D.
Blues
Blues
Description: Shapes
Shapes
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1947
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on masonite
Dimensions14 x 17 3/4 in.
LocationCollection Betty Davis, New York
Shapes
Shapes
Description: Blues Singer I
Blues Singer I
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameAlston, Charles Henry
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1952
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 x 36 in.
LocationCollection of Thomas Burrell
Blues Singer I
Blues Singer I
Description: Quadroon Madonna
Quadroon Madonna
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameDawson, Charles C.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1928
Object typePainting
LocationNational Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, DC
Quadroon Madonna
Quadroon Madonna
Description: Can Fire in the Park
Can Fire in the Park
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameDelaney, Beauford
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1946
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 30 in.
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=6619
Accession number1989.23
Can Fire in the Park
Can Fire in the Park
Description: Saturday Night
Saturday Night
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameMotley, Archibald John, Jr.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1935
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 x 40 in. (81.3 x 101.6 cm)
LocationHoward University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Saturday Night
Saturday Night
Description: Jackson Pollock painting in his studio
Jackson Pollock painting in his studio
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameNamuth, Hans
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1950
Object typePhotograph
Jackson Pollock painting in his studio
Pollock painting
Description: Palaver
Palaver
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameAlston, Charles Henry
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1949
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 30 in.
LocationCollection of Lawrence Hilton
Palaver
Palaver
Description: Jazz Quartet
Jazz Quartet
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameDelaney, Beauford
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1946
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 × 36 in.
LocationPrivate collection, New York
Jazz Quartet
Jazz Quartet
Description: Pink Boogie
Pink Boogie
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1975
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions54 × 78 in.
LocationPrivate collection
Pink Boogie
Pink Boogie
Description: Self-Portrait as a Heel, part two
Self-Portrait as a Heel, part two
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameBasquiat, Jean-Michel
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1992
Object typePainting
Dimensions243.8 × 156 cm.
LocationPrivate collection
Self-Portrait as a Heel, part two
Self-Portrait as a Heel, part two
Description: Going to Market
Going to Market
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1944
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on plywood
Dimensions33 1/8 x 37 1/8 in. (84.1 x 94.2 cm)
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=12613
Accession number1967.59.591
Going to Market
Going to Market
Description: The Breakdown
The Breakdown
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1940−1941
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on plywood
Dimensions33 7/8 × 37 in. (86.0 × 93.9cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/breakdown-12614
The Breakdown
The Breakdown
Description: Male and Female
Male and Female
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator namePollock, Jackson
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1942
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 1/4 x 48 7/8 in. (186.1 × 124.3 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/69527.html
Accession number1974-232-1
Male and Female
Male and Female
Description: Jazz Musicians
Jazz Musicians
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLewis, Norman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1948
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 1/2 x 41 in.
LocationThe Harmon and Harriet Kelley Foundation for the Arts
Jazz Musicians
Jazz Musicians
Description: The New Jemima
The New Jemima
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameOverstreet, Joe
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1964
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on fabric over plywood construction
Dimensions102 3/8 × 60 3/4 × 17 1/4 in. (260 × 154.3 × 43.8 cm.)
LocationThe Menil Collection, Houston
https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/809-the-new-jemima
Accession number1970-156DJ
The New Jemima
The New Jemima
Description: Jackson Pollock painting in his studio
Jackson Pollock painting in his studio
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameNamuth, Hans
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1950
Object typePhotograph
Jackson Pollock painting in his studio
Pollock painting
Description: Composition (Duck)
Composition (Duck)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator nameBlaine, Nell
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1943
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions41 x 30 in.
LocationCollection of the artist
Composition (Duck)
Composition (Duck)
Description: Harlem Series No. 20: In the Evening Evangelists Preach and Sing on Street Corners
Harlem Series No. 20: In the Evening Evangelists Preach and Sing on Street Corners
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameLawrence, Jacob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1943
Object typePainting
MaterialsGouache on board
Dimensions25 × 17 in.
LocationNeuberger Museum of Art, New York
Harlem Series No. 20: In the Evening...
Harlem Series No. 20: In the Evening Evangelists Preach and Sing on Street Corners
Description: Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 16
Creator nameRothko, Mark
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1944
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions75 5/8 x 84 5/8 in. (192 x 215 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79691
Accession number429.1981
Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
Description: Kikuyu God of Fire
Kikuyu God of Fire
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator nameMotley, Archibald John, Jr.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1927
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 x 41 1/8 in. (91.4 x 104.4 cm)
Kikuyu God of Fire
Kikuyu God of Fire

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