ISBN9780300257335_f0404-01

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TitleThe Street

Creator nameBearden, Romare

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1964

Object typeCollage

MaterialsPaper collage on cardboard

Dimensions12 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (32.7 × 39.05 cm)

LocationMilwaukee Art Museum

http://collection.mam.org/details.php?id=6396

Accession numberM1996.52

SubjectsAfrican Americans in artCollage, AmericanStreet lifeHarlem RenaissanceAfrican American artistsJazz in art

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9. Political Polarization, Counterculture and Reaction, 1960–1980

John Davis, Michael Leja

Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources

The 1960s and 1970s were decades of extraordinary turbulence in the United States politically, socially, economically, and culturally. The visual arts thrived in this atmosphere, in some cases deeply engaged in the tumult, in some cases relatively detached from it. A number of important artists were motivated to write about their work in manifestos, statements, interviews, and theoretical essays....

Author

John Davis, Michael Leja

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.398-455

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00199.010

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20034&redirecttoanchor=48853

Chapter subject tags:Artists' writingsUnited States--In artArts and societyRacismConceptual art--United States

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