- Created by
- Gbadebo, Adebunmi, American, born 1992
- Date
- 2019
- Medium
- mixed media: human hair, cotton, rice paper, denim, indigo, dye
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall install): 93 × 78 × 3 in. (236.2 × 198.1 × 7.6 cm)
- H x W x D (each frame): 30 × 25 × 2 1/2 in. (76.2 × 63.5 × 6.4 cm)
- Description
- This framed mixed media portrait by Adebunmi Gbadebo is a composition of screen-printed white hand-made paper, cotton, clumps and strands of black hair, and indigo dye with reproductions of documents related to the True Blue Planation. Along the right edge is a vertical strip dyed a bold indigo color. The edges of the portrait are rough. At the bottom of the portrait is the header and first few sentences of a plantation related document. Printed in black ink, it reads [TRUE [illegible]tation / detailed grading / and / shaping pla- / [illegible] / [illegible]].
- Place depicted
- Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- I Sang The Blues Blackest: 18 Holes
- Portfolio/Series
- True Blue
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- multimedia works
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Art
- Barbershops
- Hair
- Men
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center and generously supported by American Express
- Object number
- 2021.42.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Adebunmi Gbadebo
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




