William R. Christopher, Assemblage Collage Painting/Sculpture with Pennies and Scrap Civil Rights Artist, 1963

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Titled "In G-d We Trust" signed dated and titled verso. there is also a gallery label.
Mixed Media wall hanging … more Titled "In G-d We Trust" signed dated and titled verso. there is also a gallery label.
Mixed Media wall hanging in a pop art style. Background of pennies and then the foreground is loose and moves and shifts. Has an Abstract Expressionist quality to it.
William Rodolphus Christopher (March 4, 1924 – December 5, 1973) was an American artist, and civil rights activist.
William Christopher taught at Dartmouth College. He was a representative of the Dartmouth branch of the NAACP. His partner was the artist George Tooker.
His papers are held at the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
He showed at Joan Peterson Gallery and had work in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. less