Looking East
Artist
Allan D. Jones, Jr.
CultureAmerican
Date1949
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (74.9 x 11.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 x 52 x 4 in. (94 x 132.1 x 10.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 x 52 x 4 in. (94 x 132.1 x 10.2 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower right. Artist card attached to card.
Credit LineGift of the Irene Leache Memorial
Object number49.65.1B
Not on view
DescriptionAn oil painting showing a street in the Negro section of an American city. Rose brick and yellow clapboard houses, often trimmed in brilliant green, predominate the scene. People move about and buy from the stationary and mobile vendors. Gray over red painted frame.Exhibition History"Contemporary Va. and N.C. Artists in Museum Collection," Summer show 1958, Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, G Corridor. "Tidewater Artists in the Permanent Collection," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, July 3, 1968-August 31, 1968. Displayed in a window of Rice's Fashion Corner for "International Museum Week," Oct. 7-13, 1956. "One man show," Hollins College, VA, March 3-26, 1958. Borrowed by artist for "Pa. Academy Faculty Show," Spring 1950 and "Pennsylvania Exhibition," Returned 6/23/50 by the artist. Varnished the canvas and retouched the frame.
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