John Biggers
Study for View from the Upper Room

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Artist John Biggers (American, 1924–2001)American, 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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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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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