Object number2016.35.1.c
Complete Prolapsus of the Uterus
Date2006
Artist
Wangechi Mutu
(Kenyan, born 1972)
CultureKenyan, American
MediumDigital print and mixed media collage, 1 of set of 12
EditionEdition 13 of 25 plus 4 artist's proofs
DimensionsImage: 18 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (46 x 32.4 cm)
Sheet: 23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm)
Framed: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (64.8 x 49.5 cm)
Sheet: 23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm)
Framed: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (64.8 x 49.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, class of 1989
On View
Not on viewPeriod21st c
SignedOn recto, signed lower right corner in pencil: Wangechi Mutu
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right corner in pencil: 2006; lower left corner: 13/25; various information on a printed Sikkema Jenkins & Co. label on the reverse of the frame
BibliographyMutu, Wangechi, Trevor Schoonmaker, Kristine Stiles, and Greg Tate. Wangechi Mutu: a Fantastic Journey. Durham, N.C: Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 2013, p. 74, fig. 33 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryThe Secret of Girls: Selections from the Nicholas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Gif, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 18 - September 17, 2017; What Now? (Or Not Yet), Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 21 - September 10, 2023
DescriptionA background of an anatomical illustration of a tumor overlaid with images of eyes, lips, partial image of an old woman from the cheeks down and the neck up wearing a white collared shirt with collaged black glitter and a partial image of a woman from the neck down to the breasts and portions of the arms to the elbows. Printed text reads: "COMPLETE PROLAPSUS OF THE UTERUS."; "T[HE K]rebs Litho Co.. Scientific Pub. Sin. O."
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