The Boneheaded Serpent at the Cross (It Wasn't Luck)
1996
Sculptor, American, born 1950
Artwork overview
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Medium
found metal, bones, and dried flowers
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
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Dimensions
overall: 53.34 × 45.72 × 22.86 cm (21 × 18 × 9 in.)
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Accession
2020.28.7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, Birmingham; purchased 1996 by William S. Arnett [1939-2020], Atlanta; gift 2012 to the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta; acquired 2020 by NGA through a gift/purchase agreement.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1996
Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South, Michael G. Carlos Museum at City Hall East, Atlanta, 1996.
2015
Something to Take My Place: The Art of Lonnie Holley, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, South Carolina, 2015.
2018
Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018-2019.
Bibliography
2000
Arnett, Paul, and William Arnett. Souls grown deep : African American vernacular art of the South. 2 vols. Atlanta, 2000-2001.