Created by
Davis, Damon, American, born 1985
Subject of
Brown, Michael Jr., 1996 - 2014
Date
November 2014
Medium
ink on paper and plywood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 85 × 48 × 1/2 in. (215.9 × 121.9 × 1.3 cm)
Description
A plywood window board with three sheets of paper pasted onto it. Each sheet depicts the back of a pair of hands with palms out facing away from the viewer. The images are black-and-white.
Place used
Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Type
multimedia works
Topic
Art
Communities
Justice
Police brutality
Race relations
Resistance
U.S. History, 2001-
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Damon Davis
Object number
2015.192.1
Restrictions & Rights
© Damon Davis
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f0bcd0c-c5d1-4cb0-bcd8-5216bd327b7a

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