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The Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper

September 29 – December 18, 2022

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Curated from the extensive collection of Harmon and Harriet Kelley, this exhibition highlights seventy works on paper by 54 African American artists spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries.

About

From the first documented professional graphic artist on the west coast, Grafton Tyler Brown, to contemporary printmakers like Margo Humphrey, the exhibition celebrates African American artists and their tremendous contribution to American art and culture.

Drawings, etchings, watercolors, pastels, and color screen prints chronicle the lives of Black Americans through scenes of family and community, urban and rural workers, poverty and success, cultural pride and political turmoil.

This exhibition was organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.

Participating Artists

  • Ron Adams
  • Benny Andrews
  • Romare Bearden
  • John Thomas Biggers
  • Robert Hamilton Blackburn
  • Grafton Tyler Brown
  • Elmer W. Brown
  • Hilda Wilkinson Brown
  • Calvin Burnett
  • Elizabeth Catlett
  • Claude Clark
  • Robert Colescott
  • Eldzier Cortor
  • Ernest T. Crichlow
  • Charles Criner
  • Mary Reed Daniel
  • Richard W. Dempsey
  • Aaron Douglas
  • William McKnight Farrow
  • Allan Randall Freelon
  • Reginald Gammon
  • Rex Goreleigh
  • Margo Humphrey
  • William H. Johnson
  • Sargent Johnson
  • Lawrence Arthur Jones
  • Loïs Mailou Jones,
  • Paul F. Keene, Jr.
  • Wifredo Lam
  • Jacob Lawrence
  • Norman Lewis
  • Lionel Lofton
  • Bert L. Long, Jr.
  • Whitfield Lovell
  • Sam Middleton
  • Dean Mitchell
  • Ike E. Morgan
  • William Pajaud
  • Alison Saar
  • Charles Louis Sallée, Jr.
  • William Edouard Scott
  • Charles Sebree
  • Albert A. Smith
  • William E. Smith
  • Raymond Steth
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner
  • Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
  • Alma Woodsey Thomas
  • Dox Thrash
  • James Lesesne Wells
  • Charles White
  • Walter Williams
  • John Woodrow Wilson
  • Hale Aspacio Woodruff

Artwork Credits

  1. Ron Adams (born 1934), Blackburn, 2002, color lithograph, edition no.: 55/80, 25 x 35 inches.
  2. Romare Bearden (1914-1988), Conjunction, 1979, lithograph, edition of 300, 28 x 22 inches.
  3. Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), Portrait of a Lady, 1950, watercolor on paper.

BG Member Preview

Thursday, September 29, 2022
5 - 6 pm PDT

Free for Bedford Gallery Members. Bring your BG Membership Card for entry.

Opening Reception

Thursday, September 29, 2022
6 - 8pm PDT

Tickets:
General Admission (ages 13+) — $5
12 & under — FREE
BG Members — FREE