John Thomas Riddle Jr. (American (active Georgia), 1934-2002), "Change the Plans", mixed media on paper laid down on wood board, apparently unsigned. Figural mixed media composition with collage elements depicting two central male figures engaged in an altercation, the figures stand over a blue and green globe (more specifically over the continent of Africa), two hands grasp one another in the foreground, one hand with the ankh symbol on a fingernail, with script in the lower left quadrant "CHANGE THE PLANS". Framed approximately 39" x 29.25". Unframed 33.75" x 24". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Calvin Wayne McLarin, Atlanta, Georgia. Note: Riddle's work has been exhibited at the High Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, both in Atlanta, Georgia; the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia; the National Jazz Museum in New York City, New York; and the Musée de Montreux in Switzerland. Riddle's work is also in the private collections of Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, Maynard Jackson, Cicely Tyson, Sidney Poitier, Roberta Flack and Jasmine Guy.
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