The Ghetto Scene or Tenement

Painting

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Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

"The Ghetto Scene" or Tenement

Artwork Details

Medium

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil, Plaster

Context

Through February 2027, see The Ghetto Scene on exhibit at Bronzeville Center for the Arts in "Building Bronzeville: Milwaukee's Black Arts Movement."

Collection

Permanent Art Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1974.2

Source or Donor

Staff of the Martin Luther King Library

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Michael James Ward

Date made

1973

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature and Date

Transcription

"Michael J. Ward '73'"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

36-3/4 in

Width

48-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Freewheelers

Related Publications

Notes

This work and materials pertaining to the artist and this work are available in the Milwaukee Black Arts Movement digital collection: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/MkeBAM/. Midwestern Black Artists, Milwaukee Performing Arts Center (Milwaukee, WI: PAC, 1976), Call Number: 709.77 M629.

Exhibitions

Notes

“Building Bronzeville: Milwaukee’s Black Arts Movement,” Bronzeville Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, September 24, 2026-February 26, 2027. “Midwestern Black Artists,” Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI, January-March 1976. Exhibition co-sponsored by Inner City Arts Council and Wisconsin American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Michael Ward, one-man show, Martin Luther King Library, Milwaukee Public Library, Winter 1973.

Research Notes

Notes

Referenced and pictured in the 6/16/1974 MJ (copy with accession record at 1974.2).