Created by
Amos, Emma, American, 1937 - 2020
Date
1999
Medium
lithographic ink on woven paper
Dimensions
H x W: 29 7/8 × 22 5/8 in. (75.9 × 57.5 cm)
Description
A color lithograph depicting the painted image of a woman at center, in a red shirt and red glasses. She holds two masks, one white and one black, in her hand. Within a circle in the middle of her torso are two stereotypical figurines. At the left, a "golliwog" figure plays an upright base. At right is a female figurine in a floral shift has the same caricatured face as the "golliwog." In each corner of the print, the same cut-out image of a woman in a white shirt appears in different tones: brown at top right, black at bottom right, red at bottom left, and blue at top left. Along the bottom is handwritten in graphite: [2/3] at bottom left, [Two Faced] at center, and [Emma Amos 1999] at right.
Place made
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
color lithographs
portraits
Topic
Art
Identity
Stereotypes
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.233.6
Restrictions & Rights
© Emma Amos/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54bf6197d-b673-487f-a931-c4c4ae37abe4

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