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JOHN T. SCOTT (1940 - 2007)
What Choice DoWe Have
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Mixed media and collage on wove paper, 1998. 743x857 mm; 29
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4
x33
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4
inches. Signed and dated
in pencil, lower right.Titled in white pencil, lower left.
Provenance:Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, with the label on the frame back; private collection.
Born in New Orleans and raised in the lower NinthWard, JohnT. Scott has produced artwork shaped
largely by diverse and local African, African-American, Caribbean and Creole cultures.Throughout
his life, his work was also influenced by the blues and jazz musical traditions. Scott’s paintings, sculpture
and prints have been featured in many gallery and museum exhibitions, and in 1992, he was awarded
a prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Biography courtesy of Arthur Roger Gallery.
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