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Harlem at Night

1948

Charles H. Alston (American, 1907–1977)

2022.11

On display in K205

oil paintcanvaspainting

Artwork Details

ArtistCreation Date
1948
Creation Location
New York, New York, United States
Materials
oil on canvas
Object Types
paintings, oil paintings
Dimensions

28 x 36 in. (canvas) 36-7/8 x 45 x 2-1/8 (framed)

Mark Description

Signed and dated, in yellow paint, lower right: Alston | 1948

Accession Number
2022.11
Credit Line

James E. Roberts Fund, Frank Curtis Springer & Irving Moxley Springer Purchase Fund, Jane Weldon Myers Acquisition Fund, Anonymous Gift by exchange

Copyright
© 2025 Estate of Charles Henry Alston / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Collection

American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945

Color Palette

Charles Alston [1907-1977], New York, New York; Lawrence Hilton [b. 1945] Trenton, New Jersey by May 1990; Melvin Holmes, San Francisco, California; Estate of Melvin Holmes, San Francisco, California; Saranah Holmes and Kenya Holmes, San Francisco, California;{1} (Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, New York); purchased by the Indianapolis Musuem of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2022 (2022.11). {1} Daughters of Melvin Holmes.


Exhibition Name

Venue

Dates

Charles Alston: Artist and Teacher

Kenkeleba House

May 13, 1990 - July 1, 1990



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