Photograph by
Weems, Carrie Mae, American, born 1953
Subject of
McDaniel, Hattie, American, 1895 - 1952
Date
2009-2010
Medium
inkjet print (a): ink on photographic paper;
frame (b): acrylic, wood, wire and metal
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
H x W x D (Frame): 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (32.7 × 25.1 × 3.8 cm)
Description
Color inkjet print (a) of Hattie McDaniel in a green frame (b).
The photograph (a) is intentionally out of focus. The figure of Hattie McDaniel is dressed in the black and white house servant's uniform of her character "Mammy" from "Gone with the Wind." She is wearing a white apron and white scarf tied over her hair. McDaniel has a white undershirt visible at the wrists and collar under a black long-sleeve top. McDaniel is facing to the left of the camera with her hands in front of her body. There is a house interior visible in the background. The original image shows details of McDaniel's "Mammy" including a brooch on the white collar and a row of buttons down the middle of her black blouse. Fully visible in the original, Vivien Leigh's "Scarlett O'Hara" is mostly cropped out of this photograph. Vivien Leigh's loose, dark hair is visible on the left side of the out of focus image. McDaniel's outstreched hands are tightenting the laces on Leigh's corset.
The photograph is inset in the frame (b). The back borders of the frame are raised and have paper tape around the edges. At the top is a sticker with the TransArt International shipping label. The center portion of the frame has two white adhesive labels, one with information about the artist, Carrie Mae Weems. The other has exhibit details and the address for the Jack Shainman Gallery. Below this tag is information about the frame with cleaning instructions marked in black pen. There is a corded metal wire screwed into the frame to hang the photograph.
Portfolio/Series
Slow Fade to Black
Classification
Visual Arts
Photographs and Still Images
Type
portraits
inkjet prints
Topic
Art
Entertainers
Film
Hollywood (Film)
Photography
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder in honor of Richard and Laura Parsons, Colin and Alma Powell, and Darren Walker
Object number
2017.20.8ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Carrie Mae Weems
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ccb2513f-e748-4d4f-a19f-7745c7dfd07e

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