Barkley L. Hendricks, ‘Lawdy Mama’, 1969, Brooklyn Museum
Barkley L. Hendricks, ‘Lawdy Mama’, 1969, Brooklyn Museum
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Lawdy Mama, 1969

Oil and gold leaf on canvas
53 3/4 × 36 1/4 in
136.5 × 92.1 cm
location
Brooklyn
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© Barkley L. Hendricks. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Barkley L. Hendricks
American, 1945–2017
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Barkley L. Hendricks’ socially charged work has spanned drastically diverse cultural climates, from the Black Power movement of the 1960s through the election of the United States’ first black president. While touring European museums in the ’60s, a 21-year-old Hendricks was so stricken by the lack of black presence …

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Barkley L. Hendricks, ‘Lawdy Mama’, 1969, Brooklyn Museum
Barkley L. Hendricks, ‘Lawdy Mama’, 1969, Brooklyn Museum
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About the work
Exhibition history
Provenance
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© Barkley L. Hendricks. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Barkley L. Hendricks
American, 1945–2017
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Barkley L. Hendricks’ socially charged work has spanned drastically diverse cultural climates, from …

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Barkley L. Hendricks’ socially charged work has spanned drastically diverse cultural climates, from the Black Power movement of the 1960s through the election of the United States’ first black president. While touring European museums in the ’60s, a 21-year-old Hendricks was so stricken by the lack of black presence …

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Lawdy Mama, 1969

Oil and gold leaf on canvas
53 3/4 × 36 1/4 in
136.5 × 92.1 cm
location
Brooklyn