Object number2014.16.1
Think Before You Speak
Date1993
Artist
Thornton Dial
(American, 1928 - 2016)
CultureAmerican
MediumMixed media on paper
DimensionsImage: 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 in. (32 x 24 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Pat O'Brien Parsons, class of 1951
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, initialed upper left corner in ink: TD
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryReflections: Portrayals of and by African Americans, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 10 - August 19, 2018DescriptionDepiction of a woman with long black hair, with her breasts exposed, mouth open and her arms raised but bent downward at her elbows. Below her is a small tiger. The work is rendered in stylized black linework with swatches of color in maroon, pink, and yellow.
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