id: 290457 accession number: 2016.268 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.268 updated: Heritage, 1973. Wadsworth Jarrell (American, b. 1929). Acrylic, metal foil, cotton canvas; overall: 120.7 x 76.2 cm (47 1/2 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2016.268 © Wadsworth Jarrell title: Heritage title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1973 creation date earliest: 1973 creation date latest: 1973 current location: creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: © Wadsworth Jarrell --- culture: America technique: acrylic, metal foil, cotton canvas department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Wadsworth Jarrell (American, b. 1929) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 120.7 x 76.2 cm (47 1/2 x 30 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed and dated in acrylic in lower right translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell opening date: 2017-11-21T05:00:00 Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21, 2017-February 25, 2018). title: Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021 opening date: 2021-04-20T04:00:00 Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Collection of the artist date: 1973-? footnotes: citations: Private collector, Atlanta, GA, acquired directly from the artist date: footnotes: citations: Private collector, Atlanta, GA, consigned for sale at Swann Auction Galleries date: 1973 - 2016 footnotes: citations: (Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2016 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2016 - footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Look closely to find the words “African Rhythm; Our Heritage” and “Black Funk; Preserve Our Music” emerging from the musicians’ heads. digital description: wall description: Cleveland-based artist Wadsworth Jarrell became internationally known as a founder and leading figure of the artist collective AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). Formed on the south side of Chicago in 1968, AfriCOBRA was foundational to the Black Arts Movement—the aesthetic branch of the Black Power Movement that flourished in the 1960s and '70s. In Heritage, the pair of jazz musicians exuberantly playing their instruments are composed of dots of colors and letters, while phrases like "African Rhythm Our Heritage" and "Black Funk" emerge from the vibrant composition. With vivid colors, prominent use of language, collage elements, and explicit references to jazz, Heritage represents AfriCOBRA's aesthetic priorities and its celebration of Black culture. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Jarrell, Wadsworth A. AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art toward a School of Thought. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020 page number: url: --- IMAGES