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Purple Knights
201021st century
560 x 703 mm (22 x 27.7 in.)
Bruce Davenport, Jr., American, b. born 1972
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Color lithograph on medium-weight Fabriano Artistico ivory wove paper
Edition:
Number 4 from edition of 15 printed by Phil Sanders, published by Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right corner: “Bruce Davenport, JR”; inscribed in pencil, bottom left corner: “4/15”; signed on stone, lower left corner: “B.A.D / II”; inscribed on stone, bottom edge, left: “R.I.P / MR. HAMPTON / RIP / MR. WINCHESTER JR”; inscribed on stone, bottom edge, center: “ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL / PURPLE KNIGHTS MARCHING BAND / NEW ORLEANS LA / MARCHING 100”; inscribed on stone, bottom right corner: “BRUCE A. DAVENPORT JR / A TAURUS DA BULL CREATIONS / 5th SERIES 2010 8/2010 / I LOVE MY JOB…”; numerous inscriptions on stone on figures’ clothing, banners, and signs
Marks:
Watermark:
Fabriano watermark visible at left edge of verso
Credit Line:
Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2011
Accession Number:
2011.2.1
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
African American artists*,
African American culture,
bands (ensembles)*,
Louisiana*,
music*,
New Orleans*,
performances,
performing artists*
- African American artists - LC sh 85001794
- African American culture
- bands (ensembles) - Use for groups of musicians which either play related groups of instruments, such as all brass, or which serve a particular function, such as for rehearsals, dances, or parades. [December 1991 descriptor added.]
- Louisiana - TGN 7007256
- music - The art concerned with the combining of vocal or instrumental sounds in measured time to communicate emotions, ideas, or states of mind, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. [January 1995 scope note added. December 1991 related term added; related term added.]
- New Orleans - TGN 7014214
- performances
- performing artists - Persons in the traditional performing arts, such as music, theater, and dance. For persons who make performance art, use "performance artists." [April 1995 related term deleted, was "performing arts". April 1993 related term added. November 1992 alternate term added. November 1991 related term added.]
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 560 x 703 mm (22 x 27.7 in.)
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Credit Caption
Bruce Davenport, Jr., American, b. born 1972 . Purple Knights, 2010. Color lithograph on medium-weight Fabriano Artistico ivory wove paper. image : 560 x 703 mm (22 x 27.7 in.). Sheet : 560 x 703 mm (22 x 27.7 in.). DAC accession number 2011.2.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2011.