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Purvis Young

(Miami, Florida, 1943 - 2010, Miami, Florida)

Crying Man

1988

Acrylic on acetate

29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61.0 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Andrea Kirsh

1992.22

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Much of Young’s work chronicles the history and inhabitants of Overtown, the African-American neighborhood in Miami where he was born and raised.

Keywords
Male
African American
Folk Art
United States