Herbert Singleton American Folk Artist
Herbert Singleton American Folk Artist
Artist
John K. Lawson
(British, born 1962)
Depicted
Herbert Singleton
(1945 - 2007)
Date2004
MediumMixed media assemblage
Dimensions54 3/4 in. × 49 in. × 2 in. (139.1 × 124.5 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Gordon W. Bailey and Museum purchase, 2023.18
Signedu.l., on lettered beads: J / K / L
verso, c., in black ink: Portrait of the American Folk Artist / Herbert Singleton / by J.K. Lawson / for Mr G. Bailey
Accession number
2023.18
On View
Not on viewInscribedl.l., on lettered beads: WHO IS GOING TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK / WHEN ALL DA SLAVES ARE FREE
l.c., on lettered beads: HERBERT SINGLETON / AMERICAN FOLK ARTIST
verso, c., in black ink: "What u gonna do when all the slaves are free?"
