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TitleSpace Frame, detail

Creator namePindell, Howardena Doreen

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1969

Object typePainting

MaterialsAcrylic and oil stick on canvas

LocationGarth Greenan Gallery, New York

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPainting, American--20th centuryPainting, AbstractAfrican American women artistsWomen artists, Black

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1. Moving Modernisms

Sarah Louise Cowan

Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction

~~In 1969, artist Howardena Pindell carted several of her paintings uptown to the Studio Museum in Harlem. The recently opened institution, situated in a predominantly Black neighborhood, was established to provide quality exhibition space...

Author

Sarah Louise Cowan

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.33-81

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.003572

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23683&redirecttoanchor=101959

Chapter subject tags:Pindell, Howardena, 1943-Painting, Abstract--20th centuryModernism (Art)--United StatesFeminism and art--United StatesBlack Arts movementArt museums--Exhibitions

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Starry Night with Astronauts

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator nameThomas, Alma

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1972

Object typePainting

Materialsacrylic on canvas

Dimensions54 x 60 in. (137.2 x 152.4 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/129884?search_no=34&index=0

Accession number1994.36

Starry Night with Astronauts

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

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

Painting (formerly Machine)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameSchamberg, Morton Livingston

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1916

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/8 x 22 3/4 in. (76.5 x 57.8 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44176

Accession number1941.673

Painting (formerly Machine)

Empty Bed Blues

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePiper, Rose

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensionsc. 40 x 29 in.

LocationCollection Ms. Karla Shay, New York

Empty Bed Blues

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

Grievin' Hearted

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePiper, Rose

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1948

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 x 30 in.

LocationClark Atlanta University Art Museum

Grievin' Hearted

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

Painting

Untitled

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameBess, Forrest

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1948

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on masonite

Dimensions10 x 12 in.

LocationCollection Michael Coffindaffer, New York

Untitled

Black Light Series #11: US American Black

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameRinggold, Faith

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1969

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions60 × 84 in.

LocationCollection of Faith Ringgold

Black Light Series #11: US American...

Black Light Series #11: US American Black

Backwater Blues

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePiper, Rose

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 22 in.

LocationCollection of the Kenkeleba Gallery

Backwater Blues

Rabbit Man

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameStreat, Thelma Johnson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1941

Object typePainting

MaterialsGouache on cardboard

Dimensions6 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.

LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/35320

Accession number216.1942

Rabbit Man

Untitled (The Dicks)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameBess, Forrest

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions14 x 16 in.

LocationNora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan

Untitled (The Dicks)

The Warrior

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameBess, Forrest

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1947

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.

LocationPrivate Collection, Switzerland

The Warrior

Conjur

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePiper, Rose

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1947

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 25 in.

LocationCollection Dr. and Mrs. Harmon Kelley, San Antonio, Texas

Conjur

The Syrian Bull

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 16

Creator nameRothko, Mark

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1943

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and graphite on canvas

Dimensions39 3/8 x 27 7/8 in. (100 x 70.7 cm)

LocationAllen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Rothko_SyrianBull.htm

Accession numberAMAM 1991.41.1

The Syrian Bull

Brass Band

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameCovert, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1919

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil, cord, nails, and possibly tempera over gesso, on commercial pieced wood covered in cardboard

Dimensions26 x 23 13/16 in. (66 x 60.5 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/34270

Accession number1941.411

Brass Band

Red Dots, Flying Baby, and Barking Dog

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameStreat, Thelma Johnson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1945

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on paper

Dimensions11 x 14 in.

LocationCollection of the Johnson Family, Portland, Oregon

Red Dots, Flying Baby, and Barking Dog

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)

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

Black Cross, New Mexico

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nameO'Keeffe, Georgia

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1929

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions99.2 × 76.3 cm (39 × 30 1/16 in.)

LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/46327

Accession number1943.95

Black Cross, New Mexico

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

Curly Legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameWheeler, Steve

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Dimensions24 x 14 in.

Curly Legs

Mother and Daughter

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameWaring, Laura Wheeler

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Slow Down Freight Train

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePiper, Rose

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1947

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions29 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.

LocationAckland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

https://ackland.emuseum.com/objects/2449/slow-down-freight-train

Accession number91.8

Slow Down Freight Train

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

Night Mirror

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nameBaziotes, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1947

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions48 7/16 x 59 13/16 in. (123 x 151.8 cm)

LocationVassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York

https://emuseum.vassar.edu/objects/2628/night-mirror

Accession number1955.6.3

Night Mirror

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

Vocalization

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameCovert, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1919

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and wooden dowels over commercial pieced wood covered in cardboard

Dimensions23 11/16 x 26 3/8 in. (60.2 x 67 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/61404

Accession number1941.413

Vocalization

Wall Decoration—The Risen Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameDaugherty, James Henry

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1918–1920

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on burlap

Dimensions6 ft. 3 5/16 in. x 6 ft. 2 1/16 in. (191.3 x 188.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/34277

Accession number1941.419

Wall Decoration—The Risen Christ

White Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameSmith, Leon Polk

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1940

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationLeon Polk Smith Foundation

White Woman

Rubber Plant

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameHartley, Marsden

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1920

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44000

Accession number1941.5

Rubber Plant

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

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

Spring or The Procession

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameStella, Joseph

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1914–1916

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions6 ft. 3 5/16 in. x 40 3/16 in. (191.3 x 102.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/45516

Accession number1941.692

Spring or The Procession

Relate to Your Heritage

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameJones-Hogu, Barbara

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePrintmaker

Creation date1970

Object typePrint

MaterialsScreen print on paper

Dimensions71 × 94 cm.

LocationLusenhop Fine Art, Chicago

Relate to Your Heritage

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

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

Gate

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameAlbers, Josef

Creator nationality/cultureGerman-American

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1936

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on masonite

Dimensions19 1/2 x 20 3/16 in. (49.5 x 51.3 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/40978

Accession number1941.325

Gate

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)

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

Abstraction or Lady in Abstract

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameVan Everen, Jay

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1921

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 x 50 in. (91.4 x 127 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/51410

Accession number1948.294

Abstraction or Lady in Abstract

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

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

Untitled (Naked Man with Knife)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator namePollock, Jackson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1938–1940

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions53 1/16 x 39 in. (134.7 x 99 cm)

LocationTate, London

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/pollock-naked-man-with-knife-t03327

Accession numberT03327

Untitled (Naked Man with Knife)

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