Le Roi Jones and his Family
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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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)
