Aaron Douglas

Building More Stately Mansions

Maker

Aaron Douglas (American, 1899-1979

Title

Building More Stately Mansions

Year

1944

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in oil on lower right

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Purchased with the Frederick Lippitt Bequest

Object Number

2008.30

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 14: Shadows

The RISD Museum’s fourteenth issue of Manual shines a light on the shadow, centering the black body as a site of possibility, liberatory self-awareness, radical non-conformity, and joyful defiance. This issue serves as a companion to the exhibition Defying the Shadow.

Manual 14: Shadows opens with an excerpt on the shadow from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, followed by an introduction by Dr. Anita N. Bateman, who elucidates: “Operating in the shadow comes with a legacy of resistance, both in spiritual and ideological forms.”

Articles

K-12 Virtual Visit

Exhibition History

Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries
Dec 18, 2015

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Tombstone

Aaron Douglas (American, 1899-1979
b. in Topeka, Kansas)
Building More Stately Mansions, 1944
Oil on canvas board
50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 inches)
Purchased with the Frederick Lippitt Bequest 2008.30

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