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Herbert Singleton, The Way We Was, 1990, carved and painted wood, metal locks and hinges, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.88
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Herbert Singleton was born in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. His art drew heavily on life in a corrosive inner-city neighborhood and addressed, comprehensively, both themes of racial injustice and the rich African-American cultural traditions of his region. Singleton started carving in the 1970s, making canes and relief carvings on old doors, cabinets, and driftwood. “When the river was low, I would find a plank of wood to carve.” Singleton said in 1990. “I would look at it and wonder if someone's house and life fell apart."
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The Way We Was
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- 1990
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97 x 38 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (246.4 x 97.8 x 6.4 cm.)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
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- carved and painted wood, metal locks and hinges
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1997.124.88
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