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The Harmon and Harriet Kelley collection of African American art

Works on paper

Photos

Elizabeth Catlett: Art © Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
John Biggers: Art © John T. Biggers Estate/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Description

The seventy works in this exhibition date from the late 1800s to 2002 and represent just a fraction of what is contained in the Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of San Antonio, TX, one of the country’s major collections of African American art. Esteemed art historian, David Driskell, Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland at College Park, calls the Kelley Collection “one of the finest that has been assembled tracing the history of African American art.”

The exhibition has been presented at the Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX; the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; the Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph; and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, among others.

Included in the exhibition are drawings, etchings, lithographs, watercolors, pastels, acrylics, gouaches, linoleum and color screen prints by such noted artists as Ron Adams, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, John Biggers, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Eldizer Cortor, Margaret Burroughs, and many other outstanding lesser known artists.

Dr. Regenia Perry, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of African and African American Art, Virginia Commomwealth University, art historian, collector and curator, contributes an introduction to the exhibition and to the Kelleys as collectors.

The exhibition was organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions of Los Angeles, CA.The exhibition is available for circulation through 2024.

Area size

200 to 500 sqm

Availability

2022 / 2023 / 2024

Hiring fee

Flexible
Package format: Collection and interpretation

Core experience

Original collection / Panels and graphics

Collections

Paintings Drawings & Prints

Languages

English

Technical requirements

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Collection and interpretation

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Catalogue / book

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    2018, 3 months, at The Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY, USA
    2018, 3 months, at Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN, USA
    2018, 3 monts, at El Paso Museum of Art, USA
    2016, 2 months, at Houston Museum of African American Culture, USA
    2015-2016, 5 months, at Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA, USA

     

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