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The David C. Driskell Papers: The 1980s

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• Print, Photographic (Black & White)
• MS01.11.01.P0323
• David C. Driskell working on a painting in his studio at Yaddo
• David C. Driskell in his studio at Yaddo artists' colony (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) during his summer fellowship. Minor corrections, including dust and scratch removal, were made to the digital copy of this photograph by the photographer (Driskell's... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic (Black & White)
• MS01.11.01.P0325
• David C. Driskell standing in his studio during his fellowship at Yaddo
• David C. Driskell in his studio at Yaddo artists' colony (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) during his summer fellowship. Some of the abstract snake-like figure sculptures Driskell created at the time are hanging in the studio. Minor corrections, including... View Full Record
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• Sculpture
• 2010.07.003
• Musical Serpent
• Abstract snake-like figure on top of an open rectangular shape, with waves... View Full Record
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• Journal
• MS01.01.03.B02.F26.0004
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• Journal Entry in which David C. Driskell recalls an encounter with artist Archibald Motley, Jr.... View Full Record
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• Painting
• 2010.06.020
• Five Blues Notes
• Multicolor abstract painting.... View Full Record
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• Drawing
• 2009.18.008
• Garden
• Landscape; Abstract outline drawing of a garden.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic (Color)
• MS01.11.01.P0378
• David C. Driskell in Lake Tahoe, California
• Driskell was in Lake Tahoe with artist Simmie Knox. Knox was the first African American artist to receive a presidential portrait commission for his portraits of President William Jefferson Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic (Color)
• MS01.11.01.P0385
• David C. Driskell and Elizabeth Catlett
• David C. Driskell and artist Elizabeth Catlett at Catlett's home in Cuernevaca, Mexico.... View Full Record
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• Manuscript
• MS01.05.00.B06.F04.0035
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• First page of a speech Elizabeth Catlett wrote for a banquet at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, includes a powerful statement on being the descendant of enslaved Africans... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic (Black & White)
• MS01.11.01.P0383
• David C. Driskell in his studio at his home in Hyattsville, Maryland
• David C. Driskell standing in his studio with recent works. The work in the center of the image appears to be "The Beautiful Dust" (1980).... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic (Color)
• MS01.11.01.P0396
• Romare Bearden and David C. Driskell in Bearden's studio
• Romare Bearden and David C. Driskell in Bearden's studio in Astoria, Queens, New York City.... View Full Record
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• Postcard
• MS01.05.00.B19.F05.0026
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• Notecard
• MS01.05.00.B07.F13.0037
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• Holiday greeting from artist Claude Clark with picture of Clark in Egypt... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic (Color)
• MS01.11.01.P0412
• Betye Saar and David C. Driskell
• Artist Betye Saar and David C. Driskell in conversation at the home of Joe and Aaronetta Pierce in San Antonio, Texas.... View Full Record
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• Letter
• MS01.05.00.B24.F16.0018
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• Letter from Jacob Lawrence to David and Thelma Driskell... View Full Record
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• Slide
• MS01.11.02.Dr14.d06.051
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• Print, Photographic (Black & White)
• MS01.11.01.P0438
• David C. Driskell with his cousin William Driskell during the filming of "Hidden Heritage: The Roots of Black American Painting"
• David C. Driskell with his cousin William Driskell (left) seated on a porch in rocking chairs in Eatonton, Ga., during the filming of the documentary "Hidden Heritage: The Roots of Black American Painting" for British television. For the film, Driske... View Full Record