Le Roi Jones and his Family
Object Details
- Date
- 1964
- Artist
- Bob Thompson, American, b. Louisville, Kentucky, 1937–1966
- Provenance
- Jh Purchased From Thompson, Bob, New York 1964
- Exhibition History
- DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Bob Thompson," 24 October 1999-2 January 2000.
- MUSEO DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA DI TRENTO E ROVERETO, Italy. "Il Secolo del Jazz: Arte, Cinema, Musica e Fotografia da Picasso a Basquiat," 15 November 2008-15 February 2009, color ill. p. 356. TOUR: MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, Paris, 17 March-28 June; CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORANIA DE BARCELONA, 21 July-18 October.
- CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Beat Generation: New York, San Francisco, Paris," 22 June-3 October 2016, ill. p. 162; p. 294.
- Published References
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 198, p. 221.
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- African-American Figuration
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Data Source
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Accession Number
- 66.4927
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 3/8 x 48 1/2 in. (92.4 x 123.2 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.4927
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