Harlem Angels
1968
Artist, American, born 1942
William T. Williams
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
acrylic on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of halley k. harrisburg and Michael Rosenfeld, New York
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Dimensions
overall: 307.34 × 102.87 cm (121 × 40 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2025.36.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; purchased c.1968 by John C. Hill, Phoenix, AZ; [1] Michael Rosenfeld and Halley K. Harrisburg, New York; gift 2025 to NGA.
[1] Acquired directly from the artist via a trade for a motorcicle. See fact sheet from Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in Curatorial Records and Files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2017
William T. Williams. Things Unknown, Paintings, 1968-2017, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, 2017: 29, 101, repro.
Bibliography
2018
Hadler, Mona, and William T. Williams, "An Oral HIstory with William T. Williams by Mona Hadler", Bomb Magazine, February 19, 2018, repro. Oral History Project: Online. URL: https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2018/02/19/william-t-williams-by-mona-hadler/. Accessed 12 March 2025.
Inscriptions
handwritten on verso: Harlem/ Angels/ WTW 1968