Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011


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Family Group

about 1950
Charles Alston
121.9 x 91.4 cm (48 x 36 in.)
Oil on canvas

Classification: Paintings

Accession number: 2011.1817

Provenance/Ownership History: Estate of the artist; private collection, New York. By 1994, with Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York; February 1994, sold by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: June 22, 2011)

The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection