Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Herbert Singleton American Folk Artist
ArtistaJohn K. Lawson(b. 1962)
British, born 1962
Fecha2004
MedioMixed media assemblage
Dimensiones54 3/4 x 49 x 2 in. (139.1 x 124.5 x 5.1 cm)
Firmadou.l., on lettered beads: J / K / L
verso, c., in black ink: Portrait of the American Folk Artist / Herbert Singleton / by J.K. Lawson / for Mr G. Bailey
Inscripción(es)l.l., on lettered beads: WHO IS GOING TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK / WHEN ALL DA SLAVES ARE FREE
l.c., on lettered beads: HERBERT SINGLETON / AMERICAN FOLK ARTIST
verso, c., in black ink: "What u gonna do when all the slaves are free?"
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Gordon W. Bailey and Museum purchase, 2023.18
ClasificaciónMixed Media
ProcedenciaArtist; to Gordon W. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA, 2007; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2023
En exhibiciónNo
This artwork's face covers about 2.5× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.