Starry Night and the Astronauts
1972
Alma Thomas American, 1891–1978
- Artist
- Alma Thomas
- Origin
- United States
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 152.4 × 134.6 cm (60 × 53 in.)
- Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mary P. Hines in memory of her mother, Frances W. Pick
- Reference Number #
- 1994.36
- Alma Thomas, alma w. thomas, exh. cat. (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972), n.p., cat. 19.
- Gene Baro, David C. Driskell, and Jacob Kainen, Alma W. Thomas, exh. cat. (Washington D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1972), n.p., cat. 35.
- Jan Keene Muhlert, Color and Image: Six Artists from Washington, exh. cat. (Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1975), n.p., cat. 80.
- Anderson Gallery, Selected Works from the Gallery Collection, exh. checklist (Buffalo: Anderson Gallery), n.p., cat. 23.
- Andrea D. Barnwell, “Portfolio,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, 2 (1999), 213, no. 24.
- Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick, “A Portfolio of Works by African American Artists Continuing the Dialogue: A Work in Progress,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, 2 (1999), 187.
- Ian Berry and Lauren Haynes, Alma Thomas, exh. cat. (Studio Museum in Harlem/Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College/DelMonico Books, 2015), 107, 142, 143 (color ill.), 150, 151 (color ill.), 234 (ill.), 246, 250.
- Richard Kalina, "Through Color," Art in America, 104, 5 (May 2016), 124 (color ill.), 125.
- Ken Johnson, "'Alma Thomas,' and Incandescent Painter" The New York Times (online), Aug. 4, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/arts/design/alma-thomas-an-incandescent-pioneer.html
- Seth Feman and Jonathan Frederick Walz, eds. Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful, exh. cat. (Columbus, GA: The Columbus Museum, 2021), 295, cat. 143 (color ill.).
- Neil Steinberg, “Art can take you to a particular place,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 20, 2023, 2 (color ill.).
- New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Alma W. Thomas Retrospective, Apr. 25–May 28, 1972, cat. 19.
- Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Alma W. Thomas Retrospective Exhibition, Sept. 8–Oct. 15, 1972, cat. 35.
- New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Alma Thomas, Oct. 10–Nov. 3, 1973, not in cat.
- New York, Women’s International Art Center, Ten Black Women, May 1–23, 1975, no cat.
- Iowa City, University of Iowa, Color and Image: Six Artists from Washington, Sept. 5–Nov. 18, 1975, cat. 80.
- Buffalo, Anderson Gallery, Selected Works from the Gallery Collection, Oct. 5–Nov. 16, 1991, cat. 23, exhibition checklist.
- Saratoga, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Alma Thomas, Feb. 6–June 5, no cat. no.; New York, Studio Museum in Harlem, July 14–Oct. 30, 2016.
- Norfolk, VA, Chrysler Museum of Art, Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful, July 9, 2021-Oct. 3, 2021, cat. 143; Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection, Oct. 30, 2021-Jan. 23, 2022; Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Feb. 25, 2022-June 5, 2022; Columbus, GA, Columbus Museum July 1, 2022- Sept. 25, 2022.
The artist; sold to Martha Jackson Gallery [later Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY], New York, Oct. 9, 1973 [invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 14, 1994.
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