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Malcolm Mooney
WORKS: 1970-1986
May 26–July 9, 2022


Package, 1986, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm.)
The Abyss, Space in the Night, 1974, oil on canvas, 54 x 44 in. (137.2 x 111.8 cm.)
Grid with Salted Tangerine, 1986, oil on canvas, 26 x 33 in. (66 x 83.8 cm.) Kente vs. Tiles, 1985, watercolor on paper, 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm.) Yellow Grid, 1972-2022, ink on paper, 22 x 30 1/2 in. (55.9 x 77.5 cm.), edition of 12 Papa Fauv Paper Cutout, 1986, paper, 17 1/2 x 24 in. (44.5 x 61 cm.) Photograph of Malcolm Mooney draped with his cutout painting, by Morris Alston, 1971. Original drawing for stage set design for the “Harlem Angel” play by Ray McCann, 1972. Cut canvas based on “Subway Kente” show at the Hudson River Museum, 1981. Knobkerry ephemera and kente cloth from Sarah Penn. Drawing for dress design, 1965. McBean's Dream, 1986, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 23 in. (40.6 x 58.4 cm.) Plastic music stands, designed and built by Malcolm Mooney and commissioned by Julius Hemphill, 1994, photographed by Malcolm Mooney. Julius Hemphill Long Tongues Saxophone Opera Program. CAN, 1969, Schauspielhaus, Zurich, Switzerland, production of Prometheus Unbound, directed by Heiner Müller. Program for CAN Opera, 1969, designed by Malcolm Mooney and Francois Ryser. Green Harlem Angel, mixed media on paper, 1972. Photograph of Serge Tcherepnin and Malcolm Mooney at Morton Subotnick’s Intermedia Program, NYU. Pages from Malcolm Mooney’s proposal for the Eternal Cancentric, sound sculpture project and kente patterned tile installation, NYU, 1972. Interior photograph of Malcolm Mooney’s studio and sculpture on rooftop at the Chickering Piano Factory, Boston, 1965, photographs by Morris Alston. Original drawing for the Harlem Angel serigraphs printed by Malcolm Mooney, Sr., 1971-72. Letter describing concept for the Papa Fauv series, 1984, Los Angeles. Catalog for the Museum of Modern Art exhibition, African Textiles and Decorative Arts, Roy Seiber, 1972. Notebook, circa 1970. Photograph of Malcolm Mooney by Morris Alston, 1965. Music For Cartographers, 1975, silk-screen print, 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)