Spirit of Roy and Roy
1973
Artist, American, 1922 - 2015
Artwork overview
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Medium
colored crayon and charcoal on two sheets of paper
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Credit Line
Avalon Fund and Gift of the family of John Wilson in honor of Shelley Langdale
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Dimensions
sheet (each): 195.9 × 108.27 cm (77 1/8 × 42 5/8 in.)
framed (each): 195.9 × 108.27 × 2.86 cm (77 1/8 × 42 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2022.27.4.a-b
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of the artist; purchased by NGA, 2022
Associated Names
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.
1976
Boston Visual Artists' Union Group Show, Government Center, Boston, 1976.
2015
John Wilson: The Young Americans, Martha Richardson Fine Art, Boston, 2015.
Inscriptions
a) "Wilson 1973" lower left composition.
b) "Wilson 1973" lower right composition.
Markings
(unknown/not visible; object is framed)
Watermarks
(unknown/not visible; object is framed)