Pair of Teacups
1941 · Earthenware and glaze
Each; irregular: 7 × 10 × 6.9 cm (2 13/16 × 3 15/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Sargent Claude Johnson
1888–1967
WA-00009708
PaintingRenaissance
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
7
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (1)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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New Humans: Memories of the Future
New Museum
2026
Field Verification (5 fields)
4 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
- BiographyDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (1)
- MuseumTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Sargent Claude Johnson worked across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking with a modernist abstraction that engaged figuration. A San Francisco-based artist, he was among the first African-American painters to achieve national prominence during the Harlem Renaissance, working in oil, watercolor, lithography, terra cotta, wood, and ceramic tile.
Source: Museum · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Movement
Renaissance
Medium
Painting
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Canonical record
Artworks (5)
Artwork sources (2)
5 published of 5 catalogued · 3 with image
- The Met3 published1 img
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
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Images
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4Movements1
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Representation & Collections
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
New Museum
In collection
New Museum
Background
Education
San Francisco Art Institute
Visual Arts
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