Purvis Young

What the record establishes about Purvis Young.

Selim Kahn III, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey is dated 1815 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2011.1089). REMEMBER BELGIUM Buy Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan is dated 1917 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory Obj: 146408). Vertical Painting on Found Wood Panels about Haitian Refugee Exodus is catalogued and held by Fogg Museum (inventory 2011.67). M0017137: Portrait of Sir Norman Purvis Walker (1862-1942) is dated November 1958 and held by Wellcome Collection. Dagwood and the Plumber, from Blondie is dated 1958 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2005.570). Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 2 is dated May 1897 - December 1898 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Angel, City, and Eye Assemblage is dated 1992 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2017.272). Ants and the Establishment is dated 1982 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2017.271). Untitled (Celebration) is dated 1990 and held by Minneapolis Institute of Art (inventory 2016.121.25). Horses and Mountains is catalogued and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 2012.73.2). City to the Mountain is dated 1990 and held by Minneapolis Institute of Art (inventory 2016.121.24). Locked Up Their Minds is dated 1972 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2014.548.14).

Angels from Heaven and Earth is catalogued and held by Georgia Museum of Art (inventory 2008.370). Soldiers with Tank is dated 1992 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2017.273). Procession of Figures is catalogued and held by Philadelphia Museum of Art (inventory BST-149). Guardian Angel is catalogued and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 2012.73.1). The Struggle is dated 1973 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 2014.15). Three Figures is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1956.1208).

Norman Walker. Photograph by Drummond Young. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Overtown is dated 1988 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2002.332). Jail was Heat is catalogued and held by Philadelphia Museum of Art (inventory BST-148). Love Dance is catalogued and held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston (inventory 2012.1349). Dancers is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1956.1209).

What Purvis Young produced.

The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 22 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this heading.

28 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1958 to 1992.

Locked Up Their Minds, dated 1972, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.548.14. Ocean, dated 1975, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.548.19. Guardian Angel, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2012.73.1. Horses and Mountains, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2012.73.2. The Struggle, dated 1973, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2014.15. Love Dance, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory 2012.1349. Horses, dated 1991, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory BST-150. Jail was Heat, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory BST-148. Procession of Figures, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory BST-149. Rejoice, dated 1991, held by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, inventory 2003.684. Untitled, dated 1990, held by Taubman Museum of Art. Ants and the Establishment, dated 1982, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2017.271. Overtown, dated 1988, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2002.332. Angel, City, and Eye Assemblage, dated 1992, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2017.272. Soldiers with Tank, dated 1992, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2017.273. Angels from Heaven and Earth, held by Georgia Museum of Art, inventory 2008.370. Vertical Painting on Found Wood Panels about Haitian Refugee Exodus, held by Fogg Museum, inventory 2011.67. Family, dated 1980, held by Q214867, inventory 2020.28.29. Saints, held by Q214867, inventory 2020.28.30. City to the Mountain, dated 1990, held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, inventory 2016.121.24. Untitled (Celebration), dated 1990, held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, inventory 2016.121.25. Shackled Hands And Human Chains, held by Taubman Museum of Art. Purvis Young. Three Figures, dated n.d., brush and black ink on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1956.1208. Dancers, dated n.d., colored woodcut on white japanese paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1956.1209. Dagwood and the Plumber, from Blondie, dated 1958, pen and black ink, over graphite, with blue pencil remarks, and cream wove paper elements used for correction, on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2005.570. M0017137: Portrait of Sir Norman Purvis Walker (1862-1942), dated November 1958, held by Wellcome Collection. Norman Walker. Photograph by Drummond Young., held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 13 named public collections.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Philadelphia Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Whitney Museum of American Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Taubman Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Georgia Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q214867: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Minneapolis Institute of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Young, Purvis, African American Studies Center, 2013. Young Womanhood, Christabel Pankhurst, 2018. Leucocyte Counts in Normal Young Rabbits, British Veterinary Journal, 1973.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is contemporary art. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are figurative. The authority associates the name with outsider art. Vincent van Gogh is recorded as an influence.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Miami.

Work by Purvis Young is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Georgia Museum of Art.