Acrylic paint on board
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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London Bridge
Purchased by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of the North American Acquisitions Committee with assistance from Bob Rennie 2018
actions: postures and motions
adults
advertising
animals: birds
animals: mammals
architecture
black
boy
bridge
bridges and viaducts
bus
children
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
civil and human rights: Slavery Abolition Act, 1833
clothing and personal items
commerce
countries and continents
cultural identity
displacement
dog - non-specific
dog walking
domestic
Equiano, Olaudah
ethnicity
flag, Union Flag
flag, USA / Stars and Stripes
group
groups
hat, busby
history
hot air balloon
individuals: male
inscriptions
lake
Lake Havasu
Lake Havasu City
leisure and pastimes
lifestyle and culture
London Bridge
man
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
music
music and entertainment
musical note
named individuals
natural features (non-UK)
objects
palm
people
pigeon
places
politics and society
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
recreational activities
religious and ceremonial
sandwich board
skateboarding
slavery
social comment
society
society: black history
streetlight
symbols and personifications
townscapes / man-made features
transport: air
transport: land
travel / tourism
uniform / kit
USA, Arizona
walking
walking
water: inland
woman
work and occupations
<p>American painter Marshall depicts a fictitious scene set at London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Originally spanning the River Thames, in 1967 the bridge was rebuilt in America. In the centre of the painting, a man wears a sandwich board advertising a restaurant called Olaudah’s. Olaudah Equiano, born in West Africa around 1745 and sold into slavery, bought his freedom in 1767. He moved to London, where he became a prominent figure in the abolitionist movement. The two stories of displacement connect to financial opportunity: Equiano became a successful businessman, and Lake Havasu is now a tourist destination.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2018</em></p>
painting acrylic paint board
2 April 2018 – 25 March 2019
2019-03-25
2 April 2018 – 25 March 2019
2019-03-25
2018-04-02
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2018-04-02
'Sixty Years' refresh TG.040 - TG.048
Collection based display
14 February 2022
14 February 2022
2022-02-14
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2022-02-14
Migrations/Displacement
Collection based display
20 September 2025 – 31 January 2027
2027-01-31
20 September 2025 – 10 December 2025
2025-12-10
2025-09-20
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
16 March 2026 – 31 July 2026
2026-07-31
2026-03-16
Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin, Germany)
28 September 2026 – 31 January 2027
2027-01-31
2026-09-28
Musée d’Art moderne de Paris (Paris, France)
2025-09-20
Kerry James Marshall
Loan-out
Untitled (London Bridge)
support: 2137 × 3037 mm
Purchased by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of the North American Acquisitions Committee with assistance from Bob Rennie 2018
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<p>American painter Marshall depicts a fictitious scene set at London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Originally spanning the River Thames, in 1967 the bridge was rebuilt in America. In the centre of the painting, a man wears a sandwich board advertising a restaurant called Olaudah’s. Olaudah Equiano, born in West Africa around 1745 and sold into slavery, bought his freedom in 1767. He moved to London, where he became a prominent figure in the abolitionist movement. The two stories of displacement connect to financial opportunity: Equiano became a successful businessman, and Lake Havasu is now a tourist destination.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults advertising animals: birds animals: mammals architecture black boy bridge bridges and viaducts bus children cities, towns, villages (non-UK) civil and human rights: Slavery Abolition Act, 1833 clothing and personal items commerce countries and continents cultural identity displacement dog - non-specific dog walking domestic Equiano, Olaudah ethnicity flag, Union Flag flag, USA / Stars and Stripes group groups hat, busby history hot air balloon individuals: male inscriptions lake Lake Havasu Lake Havasu City leisure and pastimes lifestyle and culture London Bridge man man-made landmarks (non-UK) music musical note music and entertainment named individuals natural features (non-UK) objects palm people pigeon places politics and society portraits reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities religious and ceremonial sandwich board skateboarding slavery social comment society society: black history streetlight symbols and personifications townscapes / man-made features transport: air transport: land travel / tourism uniform / kit USA, Arizona walking walking water: inland woman work and occupations