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Identities: African American Art from the PFF Collection: Gettysburg College

Past PFF Exhibitions exhibition
23 January - 7 March 2015
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ulysses Marshall, Father is Home / Jazz Band, 1994
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ulysses Marshall, Father is Home / Jazz Band, 1994

Ulysses Marshall b. 1946

Father is Home / Jazz Band, 1994
Painting with Collage
29 x 21 in.
73.7 x 53.3 cm
© Ulysses Marshall. Licensed by the artist, Bowie, MD.
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Hale Woodruff, Returning Home, 1935
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Hale Woodruff, Returning Home, 1935
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This is a double-painting: Recto "Father Is Home" and verso "Jazz Band". Interior with two figures wearing hats, one holding an infant. Verso: Two figures, in an abstracted interior, one playing a saxophone and the other playing an electronic keyboard.
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Provenance

Lewis Tanner Moore

Exhibitions

"American Duet: Jazz and Abstract Art", Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art. Dates: Nov 15, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

"Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: Jan 28, 2017 - Jun 18, 2017

"Identities: African American Art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection", Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College. Dates: Jan 23, 2015 - Mar 7, 2015

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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