Charles Wilbert White
Looking Upward

Looking Upward

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Looking Upward
Looking Upward
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Looking Upward
Date1954
PlaceUnited States
MediumInk with charcoal on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 26 × 20 in. (66 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number97.201
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"African-American Advisory Association (Five-A)," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2—April 7, 2003.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22—May 9, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Label, verso of frame: "Michael Rosenfeld Gallery 24 West 57th Street / New York, NY 10019 / Charles White (1918-1979) Looking Upward, 1954 / black ink on paper / 26 x 20" signed."
In black ink, under image: "Charles White '54."

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