July 18, 2009

Employment of Negroes in Agriculture by Earle Richardson / American Art


"Richardson and fellow artist Malvin Gray Johnson planned to say more about the history and promise of black people in their mural series Negro Achievement, slated to be installed in the New York Public Library's 135th Street Branch, but neither young man lived long enough to complete the project."

1934: A New Deal for Artists



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via americanart.si.edu on 7/18/09
1934 Earle Richardson Born: New York, New York 1912 Died: New York, New York 1935 oil on canvas 48 x 32 1/8 in. (121.8 x 81.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor 1964.1.183 Smithsonian American Art Museum
1st Floor, West Wing


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