Great Black
Artist
Henry Pearson
American, 1914–2006
Date1959
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 x 78 in. (91.4 x 198.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberG.69.39.1
On View
Not on view"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 65, illus. (b-w) 46.
American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed (with artist's bio.) 25, illus. (b-w) 25.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Henry Pearson," April 27-June 1, 1969, cat. no. 19, illus. (b-w).
Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16-June 27, 1976, listed (with artist's bio.) 25, illus. (b-w) 25.
Greenville, NC, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, "Native Son: The Work of Henry Pearson," February 6-25, 1998.
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