Black Orpheus
Date1969
Artist
Humbert Howard
(American artist, 1905–1990)
MediumOil and collage on Masonite™
Dimensions49 3/4 × 40 in. (126.4 × 101.6 cm)
frame: 57 1/4 × 47 1/8 in. (145.4 × 119.7 cm)
frame: 57 1/4 × 47 1/8 in. (145.4 × 119.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. John E. and Carol Hunt, 2009
Object number2009-92
On View
Not on viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextHoward’s bright, flattened composition may be influenced by his years studying French painter Henri Matisse’s work in the Barnes Foundation’s collection. Howard began incorporating fabric collage in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The artist used textiles created at the Howard Heartsfield Design Studio, the Philadelphia firm operated by his son David, and wife Karla Heartsfield.
