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Painting
Negro Head
John Steuart Curry, (Dunavant, KS, 1897 - 1946, Madison, WI)
Curry, John Steuart
United States
1897 - 1946
Male
24 x 18 1/2 in. (61 x 47 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1927
1927
1927
1.97L
1900-2000, 20th century, American Scene/Regionalism, Images of Black People, men, paintings, portraits
Painting
Until research identifies the sitter, Portrait of a Youth or Portrait of a Young Man may be applied as a more appropriate title.
Unfortunately, the name of this young man was not recorded. The title that the work has carried for many years is further dehumanizing. In the historical moment when this painting was made and exhibited, the term “negro” was commonly used—including by significant African American figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Langston Hughes—to refer to a Black person. Today, however, this terminology is outdated and inappropriate.
John Steuart Curry is known for his narrative and landscape paintings of life in his home state of Kansas. When he painted this luminous portrait, he had just returned from studying art in Paris, France.
[Gallery label text, 2024]
yes, lower right
2005.31
item
Memorial Art Gallery
5/10/2000
2005.31DI1
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2005.31DI#2
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6/22/2010
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Painting
Oak Tree
John Steuart Curry, 1897 - 1946
Curry, John Steuart
United States
1897 - 1946
Male
41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1939
1939
1939
1900-2000, 20th century, American Scene/Regionalism, horses, landscapes, paintings, trees in art
Painting
John Steuart Curry frequently painted rural scenes from his home state, Kansas. This quiet, pastoral image of a horse and her foal enjoying the shade of a great oak tree is representative of Curry’s Regionalist style.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
lower right
1996.97
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/9/1999
96.97TR1
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Memorial Art Gallery
4 x 5
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96.97SL1
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96.97_
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
6/19/2001
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Print
The Flying Cadonas
John Steuart Curry, 1897 - 1946
Curry, John Steuart
United States
1897 - 1946
Male
18 15/16 x 13 9/16 in. (48.1 x 34.4 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1933
1933
1933
American Scene/Regionalism
Print
lower left, in the platelower leftlower right
1978.83
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
78.83DI1
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78.83DI#2
digital image
6/23/2020
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Print
John Brown
John Steuart Curry, 1897 - 1946
Curry, John Steuart
United States
1897 - 1946
Male
18 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (47 x 35.2 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1939
1939
1939
American Scene/Regionalism
Print
lower right, in the platelower right
1978.84
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
78.84SL1
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full
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78.84DI#2
digital image
6/23/2020
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