Dimensions: 68 × 42 in. (172.7 × 106.7 cm)
Medium / Materials: Oil and mixed media on canvas with collage elements
Support: Three canvases unified on a signed particle board
Edition: Unique work
Description:
This large-scale unified composition unfolds as a continuous narrative articulated across vertically
aligned registers. Processional figures march, ride, and gather, evoking movement, ritual, and
collective memory through gestural line and compressed space. The signed board confirms the artist’s
intention of a singular, cohesive object.
Context & Interpretation:
The work exemplifies Young’s mature practice, rooted in the lived social and spiritual experience of
Overtown, Miami. Found materials and repetition transform everyday struggle into an allegory of
endurance and communal identity.
Provenance:
Private Collection of American Folk Art, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Private Collection, Massachusetts
(present).
Condition:
Condition consistent with the artist’s materials and working process.
Significance:
Signed and unified at the support level, this work stands as a museum-scale example of Purvis Young’s
narrative ambition.
Dimensions: 68 × 42 in. (172.7 × 106.7 cm)
Medium / Materials: Oil and mixed media on canvas with collage elements
Support: Three canvases unified on a signed particle board
Edition: Unique work
Description:
This large-scale unified composition unfolds as a continuous narrative articulated across vertically
aligned registers. Processional figures march, ride, and gather, evoking movement, ritual, and
collective memory through gestural line and compressed space. The signed board confirms the artist’s
intention of a singular, cohesive object.
Context & Interpretation:
The work exemplifies Young’s mature practice, rooted in the lived social and spiritual experience of
Overtown, Miami. Found materials and repetition transform everyday struggle into an allegory of
endurance and communal identity.
Provenance:
Private Collection of American Folk Art, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Private Collection, Massachusetts
(present).
Condition:
Condition consistent with the artist’s materials and working process.
Significance:
Signed and unified at the support level, this work stands as a museum-scale example of Purvis Young’s
narrative ambition.
