id: 157059 accession number: 1993.198 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.198 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:51.255000 Groovin', 1992. Malcolm Brown (American, 1931–2020). Acrylic and oil pastel on board; image: 122 x 91.5 cm (48 1/16 x 36 in.); framed: 160.7 x 129.5 cm (63 1/4 x 51 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Pellegrini 1993.198 © Malcolm Brown title: Groovin' title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1992 creation date earliest: 1992 creation date latest: 1992 current location: creditline: Gift of Mary Pellegrini copyright: © Malcolm Brown --- culture: America, 20th century technique: acrylic and oil pastel on board department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Malcolm Brown (American, 1931–2020) - artist Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. --- measurements: Image: 122 x 91.5 cm (48 1/16 x 36 in.); Framed: 160.7 x 129.5 cm (63 1/4 x 51 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: Malcolm Brown translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The May Show: 72nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve opening date: 1993-06-09T04:00:00 The May Show: 72nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 5, 1993). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * "May Show 1993," CMA (June 9 - Sept. 5, 1993). --- PROVENANCE Purchased by Mary Pellegrini, Cleveland Heights, OH, from the 1993 May Show date: 1993 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1993- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: In 1980, Malcolm Brown and his wife Ernestine opened the Malcolm Brown Gallery in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the first Black-owned fine art gallery in America. digital description: Part of a recent series of paintings depicting musical performances, Groovin' by Malcolm Brown uses improvisatory drawing and explosive color to express the speed, rhythm, and energy of jazz. "Art," Brown has written, "is the window through which I share my artistic vision and emotion. . . . My aim is to capture the flavor of time and space with spontaneous color nuances." wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Malcolm M. Brown Entry Card to 1993 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS18260/page/n1/ "New on View: Toby's Gallery for Contemporary Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): Back cover. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover. url: --- IMAGES