Charles White
Voice of Jericho (Folksinger)
1958
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Charles White
Voice of Jericho (Folksinger)
1958
Physical Qualities
Linoleum cut, Sheet: 1003 x 540 mm. (39 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
Image: 917 x 458 mm. (36 1/8 x 18 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Friends of Art Fund
Object Number
1999.84
A vital example of Civil Rights era iconography, Voice of Jericho recalls the Old Testament story that tells how the Israelites encircled the fortress walls of a great city and brought the walls crashing down with a great collective shout. Although the ‘reality’ of the siege of Jericho ended in the brutal murders of its inhabitants, Voice of Jericho is a metaphor for non-violence in the face of oppression. This lone figure waits to be joined by the chorus of righteousness that will ultimately shake the foundations of exclusion.
Charles M. Young Fine Prints and Drawings, Glastonbury, CT; Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Art of Music from the Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, January 8, 2005 - February 26, 2005; The Washington Country Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, September 30, 2005 - November 20, 2005; The Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, December 9, 2005 - February 5, 2006; Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, February 15, 2006 - April 9, 2006.
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," June 7 - December 3, 2006.
Mark Alice Durant, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Front Room: Notes on Monumentality," February 25 - May 25, 2008.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Charles White: A Retrospective," June 10 - September 3, 2018.
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," June 7 - December 3, 2006.
Mark Alice Durant, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Front Room: Notes on Monumentality," February 25 - May 25, 2008.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Charles White: A Retrospective," June 10 - September 3, 2018.
Jordan Bear, 'In the Spotlight: Voice of Jerico,' "BMA Today," January/February 2001.
Susan Dackerman, "A Collector for All of Us." Newsletter of The Print & Drawing Society of The Baltimore Museum of Art (Fall 2004), illus. p. 8.
Durant, Mark Alice. Front Room: Notes on Monumentality. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2006, unpaged.
"The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum," The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, p. 224-25.
Oehler, Sarah Kelly and Esther Adler, eds. Charles White: A Retrospective. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
Inscribed: in block, at lower right: "CHARLES WHITE"; at lower left, in graphite: ""VOICE OF JERICHO""; at lower right, in graphite: "CHARLES WHITE '58"
Markings: none - none
