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Thornton Dial 1928–2016
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Life Go On

1991
watercolor and graphite on Arches 29¼ h × 22⅛ w in (74 × 56 cm)

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result: $6,250

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Signed to lower right ‘TD’.
exhibited: Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper, 30 March - 1 July 2012, Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (traveled to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 12 January - 17 March 2013)
literature: Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper, Ackland Art Museum, pg. 87, pl. 31 illustrates this work

Mr. Dial Has Something to Say

This award-winning documentary provides a look into the life and career of Alabama artist Thornton Dial and an examination of the intersection of racism and classicism in Western art. The film won four Emmys and a CINE Golden Eagle Special Jury Award for best arts film nationwide.