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The Inferior Man That Proved Hitler Wrong

Ronald Lockett
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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
1995
Found tin, colored pencil, nails, on wood
43.75 x 42 x 4 inches
Collection of
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund and partial gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

The Inferior Man That Proved Hitler Wrong is an homage to Jesse Owens that suggests the pent-up energy of an era of history—the black freedom struggle—is about to spring into full stride.