Artworks

John Biggers 1924-2001

Birmingham…Children of the Morning, 1964

Linoleum cut on paper

9 x 12 in.
22.9 x 30.5 cm

5 of 15B

Black and white print depicting a woman and four children in front of a church with four flying birds and four graves in the background.

Provenance

Treadway-Toomey Auction

Exhibitions

"An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Allentown Art Museum. Dates: 02/06/2019-01/09/2019. Location: Allentown, PA. Link: https://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibitions/an-essential-presence-the-petrucci-family-foundation- "Charles White: Influences", Rockland Center for the Arts. Dates: 02/04/2022-11/06/2022. Location: Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA). Link: https://rocklandartcenter.org/roca/current-exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions.html "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: 28/01/2017-18/06/2017. Location: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Link: https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/constructing-identity/ "Claiming Freedom", Lafayette College Skillman Library. Dates: 05/01/2024-31/05/2024. Location: Lafayette College Skillman Library

Publications

Berrisford Boothe, Moe Brooker, Brian Ferriso, James G. Petrucci, (2017), "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art", Portland Art Museum – Constructing Identity, Catalog, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Gretchen Dykstra

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