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Tribute to Stevie Wonder

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Identifier

DMM-2024-00002

Title

Tribute to Stevie Wonder

Creator

Richard Wilson

Contributor

Douglas Kirkland (photographer of the original 1976 photograph of Stevie Wonder)

Date

Created: 2019
Photographed: 2024-10-26

Subject

African American musicians in art.
African American musicians--Portraits.
Wonder, Stevie--Portraits.
Mural painting and decoration, American--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.

Description

This mural depicts a smiling Stevie Wonder shown wearing lightly tined and reflective sunglasses with metal frames, a light gray "Detroit" T-shirt with a white collar, a bright red varsity-style jacket with white stripes at the neck, wrists and bottom edge, and blue jeans. His face is turned toward the viewer. He is shown seated facing to the right playing a black electric piano, and behind him is a Hohner Clavinet D6 keyboard upon which a silver harmonica and a red ribbon are placed. The background in the upper part of the mural is painted a solid muted shade of golden tan which has been decorated with what appear to be a curtain of repeated strands of hanging beads and braids done in a darker shade of the background color. The work has been signed in gray in the lower right corner "Wilson". Below the mural of Wonder is another scene, depicting a postcard which states "Greetings from Detroit, Michigan," with Detroit written in bubble-letters showcasing various local landmarks (Music Hall, Motown Museum / Hitsville U.S.A, David Stott Building, Fox Theater, James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle, Ambassador Bridge, Spirit of Detroit) inside the letters.

Type

Still Image

Spatial Coverage

Address: 350 Madison St, Detroit, MI 48226 (back facade facing Gratiot Ave.)
Coordinates: 42.336826723728215, -83.04567724147672

Relation

Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts (south wall) [building]

Bibliographic Citation

"Mondry, A. (2019, July 10). The Stevie Wonder mural downtown is complete. Curbed Detroit. https://detroit.curbed.com/2019/7/10/20689667/stevie-wonder-mural-downtown-detroit-music-hall

Richard Wilson Artwork . (n.d.). Richard Wilson Artwork. Retrieved October 28, 2024, from https://www.richardwilsonartwork.com

WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7. (2019, July 10). New mural of Stevie Wonder placed on Detroit’s Music Hall. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Li68yDE9E

Format

Medium: acrylic and spray paints on brick masonry
Extent: 100 ft. in height

Collection

Citation

Richard Wilson, “Tribute to Stevie Wonder,” Wayne State University - School of Information Sciences, accessed June 9, 2026, https://waynestateu.omeka.net/items/show/2137.

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