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Museum object · Visual Arts

Death

1962

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This collage depicts a Christ-like figure lying across a short horizontal surface covered with textured draperies of blue and yellow-green. The Christ-like figure is a bearded man with a halo, and red marks around the forehead. The figure has a red wound in its left side, and red wounds in the hands and feet. The right arm is outstretched above the figure's head, and he wears a loincloth. The painting has a black background.

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Catalog reference: 2016.148.5

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