Sevenly Out of Body Travels
1984
Artist, American, 1930 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
marker, ballpoint pen, graphite, and paint on poster board
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
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Dimensions
sheet: 56.2 × 71.76 cm (22 1/8 × 28 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2020.28.19
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
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