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Description: Feast Day of Iemanja II, December 31, 1980

TitleFeast Day of Iemanja II, December 31, 1980

Creator namePindell, Howardena Doreen

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1980

Object typePainting

MaterialsAcrylic, dye, paper, powder, thread, glitter, and sequins on canvas

LocationStudio Museum, Harlem, New York

https://studiomuseum.org/collection-item/feast-day-iemanja-ii-december-31

Accession number1986.2

SubjectsPainting, American--20th centuryPainting, AbstractAfrican American artistsWomen artists, BlackWest African influences

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3. Mending Abstraction

Sarah Louise Cowan

Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction

~~In 1976, Howardena Pindell began making paintings by cutting strips of canvas, sewing them together into a large rectangular grid, and covering them with collaged and painted materials to form an abstract field.The first of...

Author

Sarah Louise Cowan

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.131-175

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.003574

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23685&redirecttoanchor=101982

Chapter subject tags:Pindell, Howardena, 1943-Painting, Abstract--20th centuryBlack feminismAfrican diaspora in artWest African influencesTextile fabrics in art

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many Mansions

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the...

Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South

Untitled

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameLewis, Norman

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media (art)

LocationBill Hodges Gallery, New York

Untitled

Trane

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameWilliams, William T.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1969

Object typePainting

MaterialsAcrylic on canvas

Dimensions53 3/4 × 36 1/4 in.

LocationStudio Museum in Harlem, New York

https://www.studiomuseum.org/collection-item/trane

Accession number1981.2.2

Trane

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

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

Drunk

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameLewis, Norman

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on masonite

Drunk

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

Curly Legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameWheeler, Steve

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Dimensions24 x 14 in.

Curly Legs

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

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

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

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

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