File:Knowledge of the Past is Key to the Future, St. Sebastian, 1986, Robert Colescott.jpg
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| Description | Picture of Robert Colescott's painting Knowledge of the Past is Key to the Future: St. Sebastian (1986) at the New Museum in New York in 2022. A large acrylic painting portraying St. Sebastian rendered half-white and half-Black, tied to a column and pierced with an arrow. A pile of skulls sits to his left, and two figures, a Black woman and white man, are floating in the sky above St. Sebastian, tethered with a rope to his body. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Original work: Robert Colescott Depiction: 19h00s |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Own work |
| Date of publication | Original work: 1986 Depiction: 3 July 2022 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Robert Colescott |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): Key example of artist's religious-inspired work, for critical analysis of the artist's style |
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| Other information | Original work: Robert Colescott Knowledge of the Past is Key to the Future: St. Sebastian, 1986, Acrylic on canvas, Private collection Depiction: The author of the image has released the photographic work under a free license, or it is in the public domain:
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| current | 03:34, 14 July 2022 | | 295 × 336 (55 KB) | 19h00s (talk | contribs) | removed exif |
| 20:55, 10 July 2022 | No thumbnail | 295 × 336 (55 KB) | 19h00s (talk | contribs) | Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard |
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