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Purvis Young

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    Photo: Gamma One Conversions
c. 1980
Paint on cardboard
27.75 x 14.75 inches

Collection of:

  • Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Exhibitions: 
Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South
Description: 

"Everyday I see in life pregnant women. I try to tell in my paintings that the pregnant woman is the birth of the earth. She represent some of the problems I see in the city.

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"Everyday I see in life pregnant women. I try to tell in my paintings that the pregnant woman is the birth of the earth. She represent some of the problems I see in the city. She's given birth to some of the characters around. But the way I feel about it is, they're all giving birth to angels.”

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