Created by
Bruce, Kesha, American
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Photograph by
Agassiz, Jean Louis, Swiss, 1807 - 1873
Thomas, Willard, American
Date
2008
Medium
pigment on paper mounted on polyvinyl chloride board
Dimensions
H x W: 27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm)
with mounted backing: 27 × 20 × 1 1/16 in. (68.6 × 50.8 × 2.7 cm)
Description
An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a photographic portrait of an enslaved woman named Delia taken by Louis Agassiz in 1850, shown in silhouette against an 1857 map of the United States. The map illustrates the populations of enslaved persons by state and county with the North in green, the South in pink, and the West in off-white. Delia's profile is dark except for the back part of her head, in which is set a black-and-white photographic image of three young women captured by the artist's grandfather. The women are depicted seated, laughing and smiling into the camera with a windowed brick building in the background. The print is mounted on black sintra pvc board with back frame and a label with the artist, title, date, medium, and dimensions.
Place depicted
Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
(Re)calling & (Re)telling Series
Classification
Visual Arts
Photographs and Still Images
Type
collages
photographs
inkjet prints
Topic
Art
Black geographies
Domestic life
Families
Identity
Photography
Slavery
United States History
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the artist and Morton Fine Art
Object number
2013.77.2
Restrictions & Rights
© Kesha Bruce
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c7af716c-9897-40ce-83cb-e14794909062

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