Posing Movie Star Holding on for Freedom
1991
Artist, American, 1928 - 2016
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite and watercolor on wove paper
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
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Dimensions
sheet: 76.2 × 57.15 cm (30 × 22 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2020.28.35
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, McCalla, Alabama; 1990 William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; 2005 gift to Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia; 2020 transfer to the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; 2020 purchased by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2022
Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022-2023.
Bibliography
2000
Arnett, Paul, and William Arnett. Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South. 2 vols. Atlanta, 2000-2001: vol. 2, p. 205, pl. 135, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: T D
verso: 1991