The Leader, panel one from The Temple Murals: The Life of Malcolm X
O. Florian Jenkins, American, born 1940
June 15-October 15, 1972
Acrylic on canvas adhered to the wall
Overall: 83 × 70 in. (210.8 × 177.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Commissioned by the Afro-American Society, Dartmouth College
© Rev. O. Florian Jenkins
P.972.231.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in red pigment, FLORIAN / JENKINS / '72
Course History
REL 26, Islam in America, Zahra Ayubi, Winter 2017
REL 26, Islam in America, Zahra Ayubi, Spring 2020
Exhibition History
Virtual Space for Dialogue, 2018, The Temple Murals, Ashley Erin Dotson, Class of 2018, Kathryn Conroy Intern, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, https://www.adotson.vsfd.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/
Publication History
Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009 p.64, no.40.
Florian Jenkins, Stefan Bradley, Crishuana Williams, The Temple Murals: The Life of Malcolm X, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2014.
Provenance
Commissioned by the Afro-American Society, Dartmouth College; given to present collection, 1972.
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