id:			290457
accession number:	2016.268
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.268
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:05.568000

Heritage, 1973. Wadsworth Jarrell (American, b. 1929). Acrylic and metal foil on 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
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creation date:			1973
creation date earliest:		1973
creation date latest:		1973
current location:		229A Contemporary
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			© Wadsworth Jarrell

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culture:	America
technique:	acrylic and metal foil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Wadsworth Jarrell (American, b. 1929)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 120.7 x 76.2 cm (47 1/2 x 30 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed and dated in acrylic in lower right
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell
	opening date:   2017-11-21T05:00:00
	<i>Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21, 2017-February 25, 2018).

	title:		Contemporary Installation
	opening date:   2021-04-12T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Installation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist
	date: 1973-?
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	Private collector, Atlanta, GA, acquired directly from the artist
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	Private collector, Atlanta, GA, consigned for sale at Swann Auction Galleries
	date: 1973 - 2016
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	(Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2016 -
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Rutland, Beau. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: Contemporary Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 8-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 11; Mentioned: P. 7, 10.
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	Thüring, Reto and Dowling, Nalani.  "Creative Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell continue to create work that reflects their African roots.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 57, no. 6 (November/December 2017): 10-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 11.
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	Jarrell, Wadsworth A.<em> AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art toward a School of Thought</em>. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020
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