Aspiration, (painting)
Object Details
- painter
- Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979
- Burgard, Timothy Anglin, ed., "Masterworks of American Painting at the de Young," San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2005, pg. 343.
- 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. 97.
- Cash, Sarah, ed., "Corcoran Gallery of Art, American Paintings to 1945," Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011, pg. 246
- Summary
- Abstract image depicting silhouettes of three African-American figures --a seated female figure reading from an open book held out in her right hand, an architect holding a carpenter's square and a compass, and a chemist holding a flask and pointing toward a city skyline in background. Across the foreground there is a row of raised hands, each chained to one another, representing the legacy of slavery.
- Culture
- African American
- 1936
- Control number
- IAP 04150032
- Type
- Paintings
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Owner/Location
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 1997.84
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Abstract
- Figure group
- Ethnic
- Occupation--Art--Architect
- Occupation--Science--Chemist
- Object--Written Matter--Book
- Recreation--Leisure--Reading
- History--United States--Black History
- Record ID
- siris_ari_378332
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
