Red Star
1970
Painter, American, born 1934
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil, metallic paint, and collage (paper, synthetic fabric, and gummed tape) on canvas
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.)
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Dimensions
overall: 141.92 × 116.21 cm (55 7/8 × 45 3/4 in.)
framed: 149.86 × 123.83 × 5.08 cm (59 × 48 3/4 × 2 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.158
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington, by 1989;[1] gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The painting was lent to the exhibition of the Tibbs collection that began its multi-year tour in January 1989.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
Afro-American Abstract Artists, 1945-1985, The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Washington, 1986, no. 13, cover repro.
1989
African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, more than twenty venues, January 1989 - November 1992, no. 39, fig. 58.
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
1989
Patton, Sharon F. "The Search for Identity 1950-1987" in African-American Artists 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection. Smithsonian Institution; Washington, D.C. 1989: 96-104.
Inscriptions
lower left in pencil: SAUNDERS R; lower right: various inscriptions; over entire painting: stenciled notations
Wikidata ID
Q46638966