Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979
Earle, Susan, ed., "Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2007, pg. 168.
"Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America," New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1987, pl. 9.
Earle, Susan, ed., "Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2007, pl. 70.
"Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America," New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1987, pl. 9.
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Culture
African American
1934
Control number
IAP 8A600053
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York New York 10037
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
History--United States--Black History
Figure group
Ethnic
Landscape--Plant--Cotton
Occupation--Military--Soldier
State of Being--Other--Enslaved
Performing Arts--Music
Occupation--Farm--Harvesting
Occupation--Other--Reformer
Record ID
siris_ari_399575
Metadata Usage (text)
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