Yellow
Artist
RaMell Ross
(American, born 1982)
Date2012
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 36 × 46 inches (91.44 × 116.84 cm)
Framed: 37 1/16 × 47 1/16 × 2 1/4 inches (94.14 × 119.54 × 5.72 cm)
Framed: 37 1/16 × 47 1/16 × 2 1/4 inches (94.14 × 119.54 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2025.22.2
SignedSignature label on backing board verso, lower right, white label with black type and black pen: "Robert RaMell Ross / Yellow, 2012 / Edition 5 of 5 / [signature]"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 5/5
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L11
Collections
DescriptionImage of a little girl wearing a yellow dress hiding behind a flowering bush. A dense row of trees fills the background of a grassy landscape.Gallery LabelAs imagery should capture, depict, and document the lived world, an aesthetic of interrogation should accompany each account. —RaMell Ross
A little girl dressed in yellow crouches behind a rose bush on a neatly mowed lawn, the beads in her hair nearly merging with the flower’s red blossoms. Her face obscured, we are left with more questions than answers. Is she playing a game of hide and seek? Is there something else hidden there with her? These mysteries are intentional: RaMell Ross composes the image to both record the moment and raise questions about our own interpretations.
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