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THBPalmer C. Hayden 1968 oil Performer Seated at a Piano
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LiveApr 26, 2025
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Hayden, Palmer Cole (Hedgeman), (African-American, 1890-1973), Performer Seated at a Piano, 1969, oil on canvas, 34 x 28 inches, signed and dated lower right, with a thin painted wood strip frame. Provenance: A Pittsburgh Family since the early 1980s. Palmer Hayden was born November, 9th 1890. He was an African American painter whose work became well known during the Harlem Renaissance. Born Peyton Cole Hedgeman in Wide Water, Virginia, he was a prolific artist of his era. He depicted African American life, painting in both oils and watercolors. As a young man, Hayden studied at the Cooper Union in New York City and also practiced independent studies at Boothbay Art Colony in Maine. He created one of his first famous pieces in 1926, a still life called Fetiche et Fleurs, which won the esteemed Harmon Foundation’s Gold Award, prompting his patrons to support him so he could live and study in France. Over the next five years in Paris, Hayden was very productive, trying to capture elements of Parisian society. On his return to America, Hayden began working for the United States government. He worked for the U.S. Treasury Art Project as well as the Depression-era government-funded Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hayden took his inspiration from the environment around him, focusing on the African American experience. He tried to capture both rural life in the South, as well as urban backgrounds in New York City. Many of these urban paintings were centered in Harlem. The inspiration for The Janitor Who Paints came from Cloyd Boykin, a friend of Palmer’s. Boykin was also a painter who supported himself through janitorial work. Hayden once said, I painted it because no one called Cloyd, a painter; they called him a janitor. He exhibited widely including exhibitions, at the New Jersey State Museum and the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris. This painting may be Hayden paying homage to the black Vaudevillians he would have seen in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s. He died on February 18, 1973.
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In very good condition with some minor rubbing on the edges and planar distortion. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .
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