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Joe

1975

John Wilson

Artist, American, 1922 - 2015

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Artwork overview

Medium

colored crayon and charcoal on paper
Credit Line

Avalon Fund and Gift of the family of John Wilson in honor of Shelley Langdale
Dimensions

sheet: 195.9 × 108.27 cm (77 1/8 × 42 5/8 in.)
framed: 195.9 × 108.27 × 2.86 cm (77 1/8 × 42 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Accession

2022.27.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist; purchased by NGA, 2022

Associated Names

Martha Richardson Fine Art

Exhibition History

1975

Jubilee: Afro-American Artists on Afro-America, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in cooperation with the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, 1975-1976.

1992

Bicycles in Art, Maritain Gallery, Loveland, OH, 1992.

2015

John Wilson: The Young Americans, Martha Richardson Fine Art, Boston, 2015.

Inscriptions

"Wilson 1975" lower right composition.

Watermarks

(unknown/not visible; object is framed)

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