Sevenly Out of Body Travels, 1984

Not on View

Medium

marker, ballpoint pen, graphite, and paint on poster board

Dimensions

sheet: 56.2 × 71.76 cm (22 1/8 × 28 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation

Accession Number

2020.28.19

Artists / Makers

Royal Robertson (artist) American, 1930 - 1997

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Inscription

center in ink: BULLET; lower right in ink: DRAFT / OUT / BY / PROPHET / ROYAL / ROBERTSON / LIBRA.; lower center in ink: SEVENLY OUT OF BODY TRAVEL'S PATRIARCHCAL - LIBRA REGIO ROBERTO |+| JO SENIO 1950 AD BALDWIN LA HAD CHANGE CITY

Provenance

The artist, Baldwin, Louisiana.; William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; gift 2012 to the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; 2020 purchased by NGA.

Associated Names

Souls Grown Deep Foundation

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. 1, p. 452, pl. 512, repro.