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Head of a Negro, (painting). Artist:  Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815, painter. Title:  Head of a Negro, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1777/1778. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  21 x 16 1/4 in. (53.3 x 41.3 cm) Description:  Unfinished bust-length portrait of a black man. Subject:  Portrait male -- Unidentified -- Bust Ethnic -- African American Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 52.118 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Copley, John Singleton, London, England until 1815. Copley, John Singleton, Mrs., London, England 1815. Copley, John Singleton, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst, 1836-1863. Christie's, London, England Sale (Mar. 5, 1864), lot 69. Burnett, Isaac J. W., Rock Hall, Alnwick, Northumberland, England until 1928. Christie's, London, England Sale (May 23-24, 1928), lot 217. Mann, Christie's, London, England Sale (Feb. 24, 1951), lot 102. Mason, M. Knoedler & Co., New Yokr, New York 1951. Acquired 1951. References:  "American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 1: Works by artists born by 1816," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1991, no. 23. "Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965," Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965. Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966, no. 381. Illustration:  Image on file. "American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 1: Works by artists born by 1816," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1991, pg. 63. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 24150129   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 24150129 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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