Inscription: Signed (lower right, in print): SJ.; inscribed (in lower left, in graphite): Singing Saints 35/150; signed (lower right, in graphite): Sargent Johnson
[Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, Calif., until 1990; sold on September 7, 1990 to Williams]; Reba and Dave Williams, New York (1990–99; their gift to MMA)
Greensboro. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina. "Graphic Excursions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900–1950. Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," April 6–June 1, 1991, no. 89.
Columbus, Ga. Columbus Museum. "Graphic Excursions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900–1950. Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 89.
Newark Museum. "Graphic Excursions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900–1950. Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," September 21–November 16, 1991, no. 89.
Guelph, Ontario. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. "Graphic Excursions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900–1950. Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," December 4, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 89.
Calgary, Alberta. Glenbow Museum. "Graphic Excursions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900–1950. Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," March 28–May 24, 1992, no. 89.
Ames. Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University. "Graphic Excursions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900–1950. Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," August 23–October 18, 1992, no. 89.
Newark Museum, held jointly at the Equitable Gallery, New York. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," December 10, 1992–February 28, 1993, no. 36.
Long Beach Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," June 4–August 8, 1993, no. 36.
Cambridge, England. Fitzwilliam Museum. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," October 5–December 19, 1993, no. 36.
Albany. New York State Museum. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," January 5–March 13, 1994, no. 36.
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," April 7–June 12, 1994, no. 36.
Louisville. Speed Art Museum. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," July 12–September 4, 1994, no. 36.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," October 9–December 4, 1994, no. 36.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," January 4–February 26, 1995, no. 36.
Charleston. Gibbes Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," March 26–May 21, 1995, no. 36.
Miami Beach. Bass Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," June 18–August 13, 1995, no. 36.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," September 10–November 5, 1995, no. 36.
Mobile, Ala. Fine Arts Museum of the South. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," December 3, 1995–January 28, 1996, no. 36.
Brooklyn Museum. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," February 25–April 22, 1996, no. 36.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," May 17–July 14, 1996, no. 36.
Dallas Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," August 9–October 6, 1996, no. 36.
Saint Louis Art Museum. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," November 1, 1996–January 2, 1997, no. 36.
Atlanta. High Museum of Art. "Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–1940s by African-American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," January 31–March 30, 1997, no. 36.
New York. Museum of Biblical Art. "Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery," February 15–May 26, 2013, no. 20.
"Today's 'Contemporary' Graphic." San Francisco Chronicle (March 18, 1940), p. 25, ill. (unknown edition).
Evangeline J. Montgomery inSargent Johnson: Retrospective. Exh. cat., Oakland Museum, Art Division Special Gallery. [Oakland], 1971, p. 22, ill. p. 25 (Oakland Museum Collection, gift of Arthur Painter), calls it "Singing Saint"; notes that 150 copies of this print were made and similar formal themes were used "in later years for several of his polychrome enamel steel panels".
Christina Orr-Cahall. The Art of California: Selected Works from the Collection of the Oakland Museum. Oakland, 1984, p. 125, ill. (not this edition).
Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins inThe Portrayal of the Black Musician in American Art. Exh. cat., California Afro-American Museum. Los Angeles, 1987, pp. 30, 37, fig. 31 (collection Oakland Museum).
Reba and Dave Williams inAlone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–40s by African-American Artists; From the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Exh. cat., Newark Museum. New York, 1993, pp. 27–28, 50, no. 36.
Leslie King-Hammond inAlone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s–40s by African-American Artists; From the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Exh. cat., Newark Museum. New York, 1993, p. 19, fig. 13.
Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins and Shifra M. Goldman. In the Spirit of Resistance: African-American Modernists and the Mexican Muralist School. Exh. cat., Studio Museum in Harlem. New York, 1996, p. 136, no. 55, ill. (not this edition, Collection of Melvin Holmes, San Francisco), call it "Singing Saints (Santos de canto)".
Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins inSargent Johnson: African American Modernist. Exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, 1998, pp. 21, 82, no. 24, colorpl. 17 (not this edition, California Afro-American Museum Foundation collection).
Samella Lewis. African American Art and Artists. 3rd rev. ed. (1st ed., 1978; 2nd rev. ed., 1990). Berkeley, 2003, p. 82, fig. 63 (collection Oakland Museum).
Leslie King-Hammond inAshe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery. Ed. Leslie King-Hammond. Exh. cat., Museum of Biblical Art. New York, 2013, pp. 64–65, 124, no. 20, ill. (color).
Dave H. Williams. Small Victories: One Couple's Surprising Adventures Building an Unrivaled Collection of American Prints. Boston, 2015, pp. 100–102, 110, fig. 1 (color).
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