Artworks

Paul Keene 1920-2009

Blue Dress, 1985

Acrylic on paper

30 x 22 in.
76.2 x 55.9 cm

Noted in verso "Poster for N.A.A.C.P.". Painting depicts a seated woman in a blue dress with a red frame encompassing figure and in the lower right another frame with the silhoutte of another figure.

Provenance

The Paul Keene Estate/Laura Keene

Exhibitions

"Afrocosmologies", Wadsworth Atheneum. Dates: 19/10/2019-20/01/2020. Location: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. "Tangible Spirit", Art Center at Orange. Dates: 07/02/2019-28/03/2019. Location: Orange County Virginia Arts Center. Link: https://www.blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2019/02/07/tangible-spirit-petrucci-family-foundation-co "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/

Publications

1. Berrisford Boothe, Kristin Haas, Claudia Highbaugh, Thomas Loughman, Frank Mitchell, (2019), "Afrocosmologies: American Reflections", Wadsworth Atheneum – Afrocosmologies Catalog, Catalog, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Amistad Center for Art and Culture, Hartford, CT, Brian D. Hotchkiss, https://www.wadsworthshop.org/products/afrocosmologies-american-reflections 2. 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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