John Biggers
Study for View from the Upper Room

Study for View from the Upper Room

© John T. Biggers Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, Estate Represented by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Study for View from the Upper Room
Study for View from the Upper Room
ArtistAmerican, 1924–2001
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Study for View from the Upper Room
  • for View from the Upper Room
Date1993–1994
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumConté crayon and pastel on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 48 1/8 × 32 1/2 in. (122.2 × 82.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association and partial gift of the artist
Object number94.187
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by the museum, 1994
Exhibition History"The Art of John Biggers: View from the Upper Room"; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 3—September 3, 1995, cat. 41. Traveled to: North Carolina Museum of Art, October 14, 1996—January 14, 1996; Wadsworth Antheneum, May 19—September 10, 1996; Hampton University Art Museum, October 6—December 10, 1996; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 24—April 20, 1997.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22, 2004 - May 9, 2004.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated in conté crayon, lower right corner of image: "Biggers 93"

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