Past Times
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Past Times is a large-scale 1997 painting by Kerry James Marshall that depicts Black figures leisurely boating and picnicking on a Chicago lakefront, critically reimagining traditional American pastoral scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Past Times canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10546219 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Past Times Context triple: [Kerry James Marshall, notableWork, Past Times]
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A.
The Best of Times
"The Best of Times" is a popular show tune from Jerry Herman's 1983 musical *La Cage aux Folles*, celebrated as one of his signature anthems of joy and community.
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B.
The Best of Times
"The Best of Times" is a power ballad by the American rock band Styx, best known as one of their signature hits from the early 1980s.
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C.
The Times You’ve Come
"The Times You’ve Come" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, featured on his 1974 album "For Everyman."
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D.
Strange Times
"Strange Times" is a late-career studio album by British rock band The Moody Blues, blending their classic symphonic rock style with contemporary production and reflective lyrics.
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E.
Kind dieser Zeit
Kind dieser Zeit is an autobiographical novel by Klaus Mann that portrays the disillusionment and political radicalization of German youth during the rise of Nazism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Past Times Target entity description: Past Times is a large-scale 1997 painting by Kerry James Marshall that depicts Black figures leisurely boating and picnicking on a Chicago lakefront, critically reimagining traditional American pastoral scenes.
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A.
The Best of Times
"The Best of Times" is a popular show tune from Jerry Herman's 1983 musical *La Cage aux Folles*, celebrated as one of his signature anthems of joy and community.
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B.
The Best of Times
"The Best of Times" is a power ballad by the American rock band Styx, best known as one of their signature hits from the early 1980s.
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C.
The Times You’ve Come
"The Times You’ve Come" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, featured on his 1974 album "For Everyman."
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D.
Strange Times
"Strange Times" is a late-career studio album by British rock band The Moody Blues, blending their classic symphonic rock style with contemporary production and reflective lyrics.
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E.
Kind dieser Zeit
Kind dieser Zeit is an autobiographical novel by Klaus Mann that portrays the disillusionment and political radicalization of German youth during the rise of Nazism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm |
acrylic painting
ⓘ
collage elements ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
African-American middle class
ⓘ
American leisure culture ⓘ critique of art-historical canon ⓘ race and representation ⓘ social history of Chicago ⓘ urban pastoral ⓘ |
| collection | private collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
American flag
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black figures ⓘ Chicago lakefront NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Michigan (Chicago) NERFINISHED ⓘ boating ⓘ dog ⓘ golf course ⓘ high-rise buildings ⓘ leisure activities ⓘ music boombox ⓘ park setting ⓘ picnicking ⓘ radio-controlled toy boat ⓘ sheet music ⓘ suburban landscape ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
ⓘ
pastoral art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
musical notation
ⓘ
painted text ⓘ song lyrics ⓘ |
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American landscape painting
ⓘ
European pastoral painting tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfText | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black leisure
ⓘ
reimagining of American pastoral ⓘ |
| movement |
African-American art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Black presence in canonical art traditions ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordSetFor | highest auction price for work by Kerry James Marshall at time of sale ⓘ |
| saleYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction | Sotheby’s New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Past Times Description of subject: Past Times is a large-scale 1997 painting by Kerry James Marshall that depicts Black figures leisurely boating and picnicking on a Chicago lakefront, critically reimagining traditional American pastoral scenes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.