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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.40
People
Thornton Dial, Sr., American (Emelle, AL 1928 - 2016 Emelle, AL)
Title
Talk Show
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1990s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337426

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Paint, canvas, wood, wire screen, paint-can lids, and industrial sealing compound on canvas mounted on wood
Dimensions
161 x 140 x 13 cm (63 3/8 x 55 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: TD

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Thornton Dial, Sr., created 1990s, sold; [through William Arnett, Atlanta, GA], to Didi and David Barrett, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71
Copyright
© 2020 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.40
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description

Publication History

  • Imamu Amiri Baraka and Thomas McEvilley, Thornton Dial: Image of the Tiger, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1993), pp. 142-143, ill. p. 143.

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