Sevenly Out of Body Travels

1984

Royal Robertson

Associated Names
Royal Robertson

Artist, American, 1930 - 1997

The image depicts various geometric shapes and lines intersecting in a pattern of loops and columns. There are circular platforms raised on pillars, connected by spiraling ramps and beams. A vehicle labeled "BULLET" is featured in pink and orange hues. Tall, slender trees are placed sporadically around the scene, resembling cypress trees.
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Artwork overview

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

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