Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
The Slave
Leroy Almon addressed life, faith, and racism through his carvings, calling attention to the systems that motivated US participation in the transatlantic slave trade. In the 1980s, Almon returned to his birthplace of Tallapoosa (a city in Haralson County, Georgia). In The Slave, he depicts a plantation and an auction of enslaved people, all beneath the watchful eye of God.
ArtistLeroy Almon, 1938–1997
Date1994
MediumCarved and painted wood bas relief
Dimensions22 3/4 x 36 in. (57.8 x 91.4 cm)
Signedrecto, l.r.: LH
verso c.: by Leroy Almon Sr LA 1994
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Gordon W. Bailey and Museum purchase, 2018.27
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceEstate of the Artist; to Gordon W. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2018
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 112× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.