Object number2015.17.1.52

Possible Bibliography

Date2015

Artist Arnold Joseph Kemp (American, b. 1968)

portfolio design by John DeMerritt Bookbinding (Emeryville, California)

CultureAmerican

MediumArchival inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag

EditionEdition 1 of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs

DimensionsSheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 x 10 in. (17.1 x 25.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography

On View

Not on view

Period21st c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower left corner in pencil: 2015.17.1.52

Vassar Exhibitions

Body Matters

Reflections: Portrayals of and by African Americans

Exhibition HistoryReflections: Portrayals of and by African Americans, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 10 - August 19, 2018;

What Now? (Or Not Yet), Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 21 - September 10, 2023
DescriptionBlack and white image of two hands wearing a bracelet on each wrist holding a book with an image of buildings with silhouetted figures in and around them with text inside white rectangular borders reading: BLACK ART / ANCESTRAL LEGACY / THE AFRICAN IMPULSE IN / AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART

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