Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

Porch People Study

Artist Alexander Brooks (A.B.) Jackson (American, 1925 - 1981)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1970

MediumCharcoal on paper

DimensionsOverall: 33 x 33 1/2 in. (83.8 x 85.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 35 1/2 x 35 in. (90.2 x 88.9 cm)

InscribedSigned "A.B. Jackson" lower right.

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number71.34.2

Not on view

DescriptionCharcoal drawing of people.

Label TextA.B. Jackson American (1925-1981) Porch People Study, ca. 1970 Charcoal on paper, 33 x 33 1/2 in. (83.8 x 85.1 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Museum purchase 71.34.2Exhibition History#61 in the American Drawing Biennial XXIV, Feb. 7-March 7, 1971, Norfolk Museum; Circulated by Smithsonian Exhibition Services 1971-1972. "Top Draw," Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth Museum, Virginia, Aug. 10 - Nov. 5, 2000. "Passerby: An A.B. Jackson Retrospective," The Baron and Ellin Galleries at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, May 23 - August 2, 2015.Published ReferencesIllustrated in the Drawing Biennial Catalog XXIV. Ebert, Bruce. "Artist's unique view of Ghent goes on display," _Virginian-Pilot_, May 17, 2015. Kathryn McGuire, _Passerby: An A.B. Jackson Retrospective_ (Norfolk, VA: Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, 2015) 5.