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JAMES C. M
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MILLAN (1925 - )
Contemporary Precipice/60s Symbols
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Oil on masonite board, 1960-2010. 610x813 mm; 24x32 inches. Signed twice, “James McMillan
‘60” and “J McMillan 2010” in oil, lower right.With the artist’s label on the frame back.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, NewYork.
Exhibited:
The Art of James C. McMillan: Loss and Redemption - A Retrospective
. African-American
Atelier, Inc. Greensboro, NC, 2011;
Loss and Redemption:The Art of James C. McMillan
, Bakersfield
Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, 2009.
James McMillan’s powerful painting
Contemporary Precipice/60s Symbols
deftly combines elements
of surrealism and expressionism - McMillan conveys how the forces shaping the struggles of the
1960s are still very much with us today.The recently completed painting was exhibited for the first
time in the artist’s 2011 retrospective, and illustrated on the postcard for the exhibition. In addition
to the private collections that lent to his retrospective, McMillan’s work can be found in the
collections of Bennett College, North Carolina Central University Art Museum, Guilford College
andVirginia State University.
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