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Sasa of the First Creation Crossing a Bone Path North by Northeast
Sasa of the First Creation Crossing a Bone Path North by Northeast

Sasa of the First Creation Crossing a Bone Path North by Northeast

Artist (American, 1936)
Date1971
Geographic OriginNew York, New York
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: H 97 x W 72 3/4 in. (H 246.4 x W 184.8 cm)
Image: H 96 1/2 x W 72 in. (H 245.1 x W 182.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, 1971
Object number71.165
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Object NamePainting
Title Details
Artist title Sasa of the First Creation Crossing a Bone Path North by Northeast
Remarks verso inscription
Inscriptionsstretcher: c. brace plate black ink "SASA OF THE FIRST / CREATION CROSSING A WET / BONE PATH NORTH BY NORTHEAST / By / Hutson / 186 BOWERY N.Y. 10012 / BILL HUTSON"; u.c. black ink "north"; c.r. black ink "east"; l.c. black ink "South"; c.l. black ink "west"; horizontal stretcher bar: l.c. black ink "W"; c.l. red ink "w"; c.r. red ink "e"; r.c. black ink "E"; r.c. graphite "Hutson"; vetical stretcher bar: c. red ink "north"; l.c. red ink "south"; u.c. black ink "N"; l.c. black ink "S"; tacking edge: l.c. black ink "West"Marks and Labels/Stampshorizontal stretcher bar: c.l. typed paper label "U.S.71.165 [underlined] Sasa of the First Creation / Crossing a Wet Bone Path North by / Northeast [end of underline] by B. Hustson (acrylic) / COLLECTION OF THE NEWARK MUSEUM"; verso: l.l. quadrant stamp "SASA OF THE FIRST CREATION / CROSSING A WET BONE PATH / NORTH BY NORTHEAST / JANUARY [script] Hutson 1971 N.Y"ProvenanceBill Hutson, New York, New YorkExhibition History"Free Expressions: Community Voices and Contemporary African American Art from the Collection", The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 6 - July 28, 2002)
Schering Plough Corporation, Kenilworth, New Jersey (March 1978)
"20th Century Afro-American Artists: Selections from the Collection of the Newark Museum," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (June 18-October 14, 1985)
"Black Artists: Two Generations" The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 13 - September 6,1971)

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