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Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art

Remaking Abstraction

Artist: Mark Bradford (American, born 1961)

My Grandmother Felt the Color

2016

Mixed media on canvas

132 × 156 in. (335 × 396 cm.)

Purchased as the gift of Anonymous Donors

2017.37

Artist: Jack Whitten (American, 1939-2018)

9.11.01

2006

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

120 × 240 in. (304.8 × 609.6 cm.)

Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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Artist: Martin Puryear (American, born 1941)

Lever #2

1988-1989

Rattan, ponderosa pine, ash, and cypress

70 1/2 x 291 1/4 x 54 5/8 in. (179.1 x 739.8 x 138.7 cm.)

The Caplan Family Contemporary Art Fund, and Collectors Circle Fund

1990.80

Artist: Mark Bradford (American, born 1961)

A Private Stranger Thinking About His Needs

2016

Mixed media

Dimensions Variable

Overall (Max): 288 × 150 in. (731.5 × 381 cm.)

Overall (Min): 240 × 150 in. (609.6 × 381 cm.)

Platform (approximate): 96 × 96 in. (243.8 × 243.8 cm.)

The Joyner / Giuffrida Collection

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Artist: Julie Mehretu (American, born Ethiopia 1970)

Fever graph (algorithm for serendipity)

2013

Graphite, ink, and acrylic on canvas

96 × 120 in. (243.8 × 304.8 cm.)

Collection Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman NY, Courtesy the FLAG Art Foundation.

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Artist: Norman Lewis (American, 1909-1979)

Autumn Flight

1956

Oil on canvas

29 1/2 × 50 in. (75 × 127 cm.)

Purchased as the gift of Keith Lee; Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Fund,

Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment, Dr. Max Stern

Trust Fund, and Anna Elizabeth Fehl Acquisitions Endowment

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Afternoon

1969

Oil on canvas

72 × 88 in. (182.9 × 223.5 cm.)


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Many Faces of Legend II

1960

Oil on canvas

57 1/2 × 38 in. (146.1 × 96.5 cm.)


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Easter Rehearsal

1959

Pastel and ink on paper

17 1/2 × 24 in. (44.5 × 61 cm.)


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Monkeys

1958

Pastel on paper

18 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (47 × 65.4 cm.)


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Norman Lewis


Norman Lewis


Untitled

1955

Oil on canvas

25 × 50 in. (63.5 × 127 cm.)


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Untitled (Circular Procession of Figures)

1953

Oil on canvas

25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm.)


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Conversation (Two Abstract Heads)

1945

Pastel, crayon, and ink on paper

12 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (31.8 × 40 cm.)


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Alma Thomas

Artist: Alma W. Thomas (American, 1891-1978)

Evening Glow

1972

Acrylic on canvas

35 3/16 x 41 in. (89.4 x 104.1 cm.)

Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland

1991.98


Wind and Crepe Myrtle Concerto

1973

Acrylic on canvas

35 × 52 in. (88.9 × 132.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Vincent Melzac

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Alma Thomas


Arboretum Presents White Dogwood

1972

Acrylic on canvas

67 7/8 x 54 7/8 in. (172.5 x 139.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the Artist

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Pink Dogwoods and Azaleas

1971

Oil on canvas

25 × 25 in. (63.5 × 63.5 cm.)


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#2 (Red)

1966

Watercolor on paper

30 × 21 7/8 in. (76.2 × 55.6 cm.)


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Charles Gaines

Artist: Charles Gaines (American, born 1944)

Numbers and Trees: Central Park Series IV: Tree #9, Henry

2017

Acrylic paint on panel and printed Plexiglas

78 1/2 × 59 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (199.4 × 151.8 × 14.6 cm.)


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Numbers and Trees: Central Park Series I: Tree #9, Henry

2016

Mounted inkjet prints and acrylic paint on printed Plexiglas

Each Panel: 96 × 42 in. (243.8 × 106.7 cm.)

Approximate Overall: 96 × 120 in. (243.8 × 304.8 cm.)


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Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art Charles Gaines


Landscape: Assorted Trees with Regressions, Set I

1981

Color photograph and colored inks on graph paper

Sheet (1 of 4): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm.)

Sheet (2 of 4): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm.)

Sheet (3 of 4): 20 × 29 in. (50.8 × 73.7 cm.)

Sheet (4 of 4): 20 × 29 in. (50.8 × 73.7 cm.)


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Jennie C. Jones & Glenn Ligon

Artist: Jennie C. Jones (American, born 1968) Light

Gray with Bright Notes #1 & #2

2013

Acoustic absorber panel and acrylic paint on canvas 36 × 48 in. (91.4 × 121.9 cm.)


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Artist: Jennie C. Jones (American, born 1968)

Shhh #6

2012

Noise-cancelling instrument cable and felt

48 × 10 × 3 in. (121.9 × 25.4 × 7.6 cm.)


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Artist: Jennie C. Jones (American, born 1968) Sustained Black with Broken Time and Undertone 2011

Acoustic absorber panel and acrylic paint on canvas Element 1 (left): 24 × 24 in. (61 × 61 cm.)

Element 2 (right): 12 × 60 in. (30.5 × 152.4 cm.)

(corner piece)


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Composition for Sharps #4

2010

Piano keys on treated linen

20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm.)


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Jennie C. Jones & Glenn Ligon

Artist: Jennie C. Jones (American, born 1968) Composition for Sharps #5

2010


20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm.)


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Composition for Sharps #6

2010


20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm.)


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Artist: Glenn Ligon (American, born 1960) One Black Day

2012

Neon and paint

5 × 24 1/2 in. (12.7 × 62.2 cm.)


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Artist: Glenn Ligon (American, born 1960) Stranger #68

2012

Oilstick, coal dust, and gesso on canvas 84 × 60 in. (213.4 × 152.4 cm.)


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Artist: Glenn Ligon (American, born 1960)

Notes on the Prelude

2012

Aquatint with drypoint

Plate: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm.)

Sheet: 21 1/2 × 17 in. (54.6 × 43.2 cm.)


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Artist: Lorna Simpson (American, born 1960)

Gold Head K1

2011

Ink and embossing powder on paper

18 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (47 × 37.1 cm.)


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Gold Head P3

2011


18 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (47 × 37.1 cm.)


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Gold Head S1

2011


18 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (47 × 37.1 cm.)


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Gold Head S2

2011


18 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (47 × 37.1 cm.)


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Gold Head W1

2011


18 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (47 × 37.1 cm.)


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Lorna Simpson & Gary Simmons


Lorna Simpson & Gary Simmons

Artist: Lorna Simpson (American, born 1960) Gold Head Z5

2011


18 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (47 × 37.1 cm.)


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Artist: Lorna Simpson (American, born 1960) Soundlessness

2016

Ink, acrylic, and screenprint on clayboard 107 3/4 × 96 in. (273.7 × 243.8 cm.)


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Artist: Gary Simmons (American, born 1964) In To You Like A Train

2000

Oil on canvas

84 × 84 in. (213.4 × 213.4 cm.)


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Artist: Gary Simmons (American, born 1964) Double Cinder

2007

Pigment, oil paint, and cold wax on canvas 102 1/2 × 84 1/4 in. (260.4 × 214 cm.)


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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Artist: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (English, born 1977)

Witching Hour

2016

Oil on canvas

78 3/4 × 47 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (200 × 120 × 3.8 cm.)


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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye


Godly Governance

2013

Oil on canvas

59 × 55 in. (149.9 × 139.7 cm.)


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Places to Love For

2013

Oil on canvas

59 × 47 1/4 in. (149.9 × 120 cm.)


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Standing Man Smiling

2009

Charcoal on paper

110 1/4 × 59 in. (280 × 149.9 cm.)


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Hedgerow

2010

Oil on canvas

63 × 78 3/4 in. (160 × 200 cm.)


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Shinique Smith & Kevin Beasley

Artist: Kevin Beasley (American, born 1985)

Bronx Fitted

2015

New Era® Yankee fitted hats, bandanas, resin, and television mount

70 × 70 × 16 in. (177.8 × 177.8 × 40.6 cm.)


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Shinique Smith & Kevin Beasley

Artist: Shinique Smith (American, born 1971)

Black, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink

2015

Clothing, fabric, and ribbon on wood panel

72 × 252 × 6 in. (182.9 × 640.1 × 15.2 cm.)


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Melvin Edwards & Leonardo Drew

Artist: Leonardo Drew (American, born 1961)

Number 52S

2015

Wood and paint

96 × 96 × 14 in. (243.8 × 243.8 × 35.6 cm.)


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Artist: Leonardo Drew (American, born 1961) Number 29S

2013

Wood

36 × 44 × 20 1/2 in. (91.4 × 111.8 × 52.1 cm.) The Joyner / Giuffrida Collection

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Artist: Melvin Edwards (American, born 1937) Words of Fanon

1992

Welded steel

22 × 14 × 7 1/2 in. (55.9 × 35.6 × 19.1 cm.) The Joyner / Giuffrida Collection

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Artist: Melvin Edwards (American, born 1937)

Central Ave. LA

1991

Welded steel

14 × 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 29.8 × 24.1 cm.)


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Artist: Leonardo Drew (American, born 1961)

Number 185

2016

Wood, paint, and chalk

121 × 134 × 30 in. (307.3 × 340.4 × 76.2 cm.)


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Melvin Edwards & Leonardo Drew


A Conversation with Norman Lewis

1979

Welded steel

Element 1 (left): 41 1/2 × 42 3/8 × 27 in. (105.4 × 107.6 × 68.6 cm.)

Element 2 (right): 56 × 46 × 31 3/8 in. (142.2 × 116.8 × 79.7 cm.)

Courtesy the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York

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Centuries

1993

Welded steel

8 × 9 × 11 1/2 in. (20.3 × 22.9 × 29.2 cm.)


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Jom Time

1998

Welded steel

11 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (30.2 × 21.6 × 18.7 cm.)


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Hopes

2008-2009

Welded steel

9 1/2 × 7 × 5 1/2 in. (24.1 × 17.8 × 14 cm.)


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Artist: Sam Gilliam (American, born 1933)

Lilly's Print (right)

2001

Two-color woodblock print on two pieces of wood veneer

Framed: 44 1/4 × 43 5/16 in. (112.4 × 110 cm.)

Image: 755.65 × 755.65 mm. (29 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)

Gift of PNC Bank

2018.156


Streak of Lightning

1986

Acrylic and enamel on canvas and metal

68 × 89 in. (172.7 × 226.1 cm.)


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Stand

1973

Acrylic on canvas and leather cord

Overall (Flat on the Floor): 85 1/2 × 118 1/8 in. (217.2 × 300 cm.)

Overall (Approximate for Display): 120 × 85 in. (304.8 × 215.9 cm.)


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After Glow

1972

Acrylic and dye pigment on canvas

74 1/4 × 100 1/4 × 2 in. (188.6 × 254.6 × 5.1 cm.)


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Jack Whitten


Study for Greek Alphabet Series #2

1978

Graphite and colored pencil over white chalk ground, with scratching out, on paper

Sheet: 400 × 550 mm. (15 3/4 × 21 5/8 in.)

Gift of Clair Zamoiski Segal, in Memory of her Beloved Husband, Thomas H.

Segal

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Sam Gilliam


Jack Whitten


Form (3rd Set) 2

1965

Oil enamel and acrylic on gessoed paper

Sheet: 368 × 584 mm. (14 1/2 × 23 in.)

Purchased as the gift of Heidi and Brian Berghuis

2018.1


Zen Master

1968

Oil on canvas

63 1/4 × 86 in. (160.7 × 218.4 cm.)


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Untitled

1967

Oil on canvas

22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm.)


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Fifth Gestalt (The Coal Miner)

1992

Acrylic tiles and Sumi ink on canvas

44 1/4 × 44 1/4 in. (112.4 × 112.4 cm.)


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Sixth Gestalt (The Seamstress)

1992

Acrylic tiles and Sumi ink on canvas

44 1/4 × 44 1/4 in. (112.4 × 112.4 cm.)


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Jack Whitten


Black Monolith X, Birth of Mohammed Ali

2016

Acrylic on canvas

Overall: 84 × 63 in. (213.4 × 160 cm.)

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Expanding Abstraction

Artist: Joe Overstreet (American, 1933-2019)

Shadow and Light

1971

Acrylic on canvas with grommets

Dimensions variable

Canvas: 116 × 80 × 10 in. (294.6 × 203.2 × 25.4 cm.)

Current overall installation: 130 × 90 × 10 in. (330.2 × 228.6 × 25.4 cm.)

Courtesy of Eric Firestone Gallery, New York

(c) 2019 Joe Overstreet/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

JO4

Artist: Barbara Chase-Riboud (American, born 1939)

Well of the Concubine Pearl

1967

Polished aluminum, silk, wool, linen, synthetic fibers, and steel chain on painted

steel base

81 × 30 × 30 in. (205.7 × 76.2 × 76.2 cm.)

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York

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Artist: Howardena Pindell (American, born 1943)

Autobiography: Japan (Tombo No Hane)

1982–1983

Mixed media on canvas

66 1/2 × 148 in. (168.9 × 375.9 cm.)

Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

HP1

Artist: Al Loving (American, 1935-2005)

Brownie, Sunny, Dave, and Al

1972 (later revised)

Stained, torn, cut, and sewn canvas, and wooden rod

174 × 132 3/4 in. (442 × 337.2 cm.)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2013.61.1

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Omikron I

1977

Acrylic on canvas

52 × 64 in. (132.1 × 162.6 cm.)


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Artist: Virginia Jaramillo (American, born 1939)

Green Dawn

1970

Acrylic on canvas

83 3/4 × 72 in. (212.7 × 182.9 cm.)


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Artist: Daniel LaRue Johnson (American, 1938-2017)

Scopophilia

1974

Oil on canvas

67 1/2 × 40 1/2 in. (171.5 × 102.9 cm.)


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Artist: William T. Williams (American, born 1942)

Eastern Star

1971

Acrylic on canvas, in artist's frame

84 × 60 in. (213.4 × 152.4 cm.)


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Artist: David Hammons (American, born 1943)

Untitled (Two Works)

c. 1965

Enamel on masonite

Element 1 (left panel): 24 × 12 in. (61 × 30.5 cm.)

Element 2 (right panel): 24 × 12 in. (61 × 30.5 cm.)

Overall: 24 × 25 in. (61 × 63.5 cm.)


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Artist: John Scott (American, 1940-2007)

Black Butterfly Series #2

1996

Brushed aluminum

24 × 26 × 16 in. (61 × 66 × 40.6 cm.)


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Artist: John Scott (American, 1940-2007)

Black Butterfly Series #3

1996

Brushed aluminum

36 × 17 × 17 in. (91.4 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm.)


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Artist: Frank Bowling (Guyana-born British, born 1936)

Traveling with Robert Hughes

1969-1970

Acrylic on canvas

111 1/8 x 83 1/8 in. (282.3 x 211.1 cm)


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Blue Edge

1971

Acrylic on canvas

71 7/8 x 71 3/4 in. (182.6 x 182.2 cm.)

Gift of Selma Rosen, Baltimore

1992.131

Artist: Edward Clark (American, born 1926)

Earth Signs

1973

Acrylic on canvas

Framed: 115 × 184 in. (292.1 × 467.4 cm.)


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Artist: Kevin Beasley (American, born 1985)

Chair of the Ministers of Defense

2016

Resin, wood, acoustic foam, jeans, trousers, du-rags, altered t-shirts, altered

hoodies, guinea fowl feathers, wrought iron window gate, vintage Beni Ourain

Moroccan rug, kaftans, housedresses, Maasai war shields, Zulu war shields, and

vintage peacock rattan chair

Overall (as provided to RO): 154 × 162 × 84 in. (391.2 × 411.5 × 213.4 cm.)

Wall installation: 150 1/4 × 131 3/4 × 19 in. (381.6 × 334.6 × 48.3 cm.)

Rug: 1 × 162 × 82 in. (2.5 × 411.5 × 208.3 cm.)

Floor area (rug + 33 1/2" distance to wall): 1 × 162 × 115 1/2 in. (2.5 × 411.5 × 293

.4 cm.)

Wall area (installation + 26" distance from floor): 176 1/4 × 131 3/4 × 19 in. (447.7

× 334.6 × 48.3 cm.)

Rug Element 1 (Chair): 74 × 46 × 30 in. (188 × 116.8 × 76.2 cm.)

Rug Element 2 (Front Left Sculpture): 74 × 40 × 28 in. (188 × 101.6 × 71.1 cm.)

Rug Element 3 (Rear Left Sculpture): 77 × 46 × 20 in. (195.6 × 116.8 × 50.8 cm.)

Rug Element 4 (Front Right Sculpture): 76 × 40 × 43 in. (193 × 101.6 × 109.2 cm.)

Rug Element 5 (Rear Right Sculpture): 79 × 39 × 24 in. (200.7 × 99.1 × 61 cm.)

*Note that the smaller shield sculptures are included in the overall depth of the

freestanding sculptures as they are displayed as one.

The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, San Francisco and Rennie Collection, Vancouver

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Kevin Beasley (Jacobs Gallery Satellite)

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