Roger Brown

(American, 1943-1997)

Blizzard Crucifix

, 1975

oil on canvas in tramp art carved wood frame

titled (verso)

30 1/4 x 18 inches.

Property from the Collection of Merrill C. Berman

Provenance:

Phyllis Kind, Chicago and New York

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

Venus Over Manhattan, New York

Exhibited:

London, England, Camden Art Centre, Who Chicago?, December 10, 1980 - January 25, 1981; Sunderland, England, Ceolfrith Arts Center, February 16 - March 14, 1981; Glasgow, Scotland, Third Eye Centre, March 21 - April 30, 1981; Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, May - June, 1981; Belfast, Ireland, Ulster Museum, July - August, 1981

Chicago, Illinois, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago Imagists from the Phyllis Kind Collection, July 16 - August 14, 2019

Literature:

Dennis Adrian and Russell Bowman, Who Chicago?, Sunderland, no. 61, p. 41, illus.

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