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Mary Lovelace O'Neal

Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did

1994

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Mary Lovelace O'Neal

Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did

1994

Physical Qualities Oil, acrylic, and pastel on canvas, 84 × 60 in. (213.4 × 152.4 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Object Number 2019.27
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2019; Swann Galleries, New York; private collection, Virginia; the artist
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"African-American Fine Art," Swann Galleries, New York, Sale 2504, April 4, 2019, lot 164 (exhibition catalogue)
Thomas Riggs, ed., "Guide to Black Artists", 1st ed., Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with St. James Press, p. 402.
Naeem, Asma. "The Mantle of Social Activism and the Art Programs at Tougaloo College." In Art and Activism at Tougaloo College, edited by Turry M. Flucker, 34-49. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2022. p. 41, ill.

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Mary Lovelace O’Neal

1941–2000

born Jackson, MS 1942
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