Boo and Humphrey (1989)
Artist: Frank Stewart
Medium: Inkjet print
Location: Louisville, KYProvenance: Acquired from Frank Stewart in 2011. Loaned to Frank Stewart’s Nexus, a nationally touring exhibition presented by The Phillips Collection (2023–2024).Exhibition History:
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
(Jun – Sept 2023)
The Baker Museum, Naples, FL
(Oct 2023 – Jan 2024)
Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
(Feb – May 2024)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
(Jun – Sep 2024)
This is at Bradley's, a space on University Place in Manhattan) where jazz people congregated, especially after midnight when other places closed. Humphrey (Walter Davis Jr.) was a composer and a pianist. Boo (Art Blakey) was a drummer. Sadly, they both died the year after I shot this.