Barkley L Hendricks

The Project, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008

Durham, Nasher Museum of Art; The Studio Museum Harlem; Santa Monica Museum of Art; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, February 2008 - April 2010, pp. 98-99, illustrated in color
Brooklyn Museum; Hanover, Hood Museum of Art; Austin, The Blanton Museum of Art, Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties, March 2014 - May 2015

Studio, The Studio Museum of Harlem Magazine, Fall - Winter 2008-2009, p. 55, illustrated in color

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is evidence of light wear and handling near the edges. There is evidence of minor scuffs and surface accretions on the turning edges of the canvas. There are areas with minor surface scratches and, under close inspection, there are a few areas of surface losses to the pigment, particularly in the areas with white pigment, which have been restored. There are a few areas of very minor scattered stable hairline craquelure, particularly in the areas with white pigment. Under Ultraviolet inspection, there are a few areas of scattered inpainting. Unframed.
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