John Riddle (1933-2002)

The Ghetto Merchant, 1966
Welded metal and found objects, 41 x 19 1/2 x 16 in. (104.14 x 49.53 x 40.64 cm)

Provenance

The John and Susan Horseman Foundation, 2024

Exhibitions

California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 19 Sixties: A Cultural Awakening Reevaluated, 1965 - 1975, 1989 - 1989.
Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960– 1980, 10/02/2011 - 01/08/2012,
Traveled to MoMA P.S.1, New York, October 21 - March 11, 2013;
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, July 20 - December 1, 2013.

Publications

LeFalle-Collins, Lizzetta. 19 Sixties: A Cultural Awakening Reevaluated, 1965 - 1975. Los Angeles, CA: California Afro-American Museum Foundation, 1989, p. 47, 48, illus.
Dubin, Zan. Cultural Reawkening Born of Debris. Los Angeles Times, 1989.