Artwork record / rights-aware

Walking

Charles Alston · 1958

Catalog medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Physical record

Scale without reproducing the image

Metric: 121.9 × 162.6 cm
Approx. imperial: 3 ft 12 in × 5 ft 4 in
Planar area (calculated): 1.98 m²
Width / 170 cm reference: 0.96×
Height / 170 cm reference: 0.72×

Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.

Image decision: Bundled display blocked by copyrighted_no_license/external_link_only.

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Structured relationships

Process, material, form, ideas

Techniques

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Materials

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Formal properties

Figuration–abstraction boundaryformal property

Concepts

Political abstractionconcept
Cultural context without reductionconcept

Claims / interpretation

Evidence with its type exposed

A source interpretation is not silently rewritten as an uncontested fact. Contested positions remain side by side.

art and civil rights

Smithsonian connects Walking to the Montgomery bus boycott and Alston’s use of abstraction to evoke collective movement.

Evidence sources (1)

Oh Freedom! Charles Henry Alston ↗

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Object → maker

Charles Alstonartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.

Material & process

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Formal & thematic

Figuration–abstraction boundaryformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Political abstractionconceptBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Cultural context without reductionconceptBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Exhibition, place & history

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Close Look

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Source register

Direct record sources

Oh Freedom! Charles Henry Alstonmuseum education · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09
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