The Black Tsar

Artist Aaron Douglas (American, 1899–1979)

Datecirca 1928

MediumGouache and pencil on paper board

DimensionsImage (including border): 14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.7 x 24.4 cm)
Paper: 18 x 12 5/8 in. (45.7 x 32.1 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (54.6 x 41.3 x 3.2 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Susie R. Powell and Franklin R. Anderson

Object number2000.11.1

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Collections

ProvenanceCommissioned by Viking Press, New York, ca. 1928; created ca, 1928; collection of the artist; private collection; [Raymond Sacks, Sacks Fine Art, Inc., New York]; [Fulton Burt Gallery, Sarasota, FL]; Susie R. Powell and Franklin R. Anderson, Durham, NC; on extended loan to NCMA, 1999–2000; given to NCMA, 2000.