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Mathes Manafee and Cassandra Griffin
Mathes Manafee and Cassandra Griffin

Mathes Manafee and Cassandra Griffin

Portfolio TitleBirmingham: Four Girls, Two Boys
Artist Dawoud Bey (American, born 1953)
Date2014
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 16 × 25 5/16 inches (40.64 × 64.29 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 29 7/8 inches (50.8 × 75.87 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.4.6
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil.
InscribedInitialed with edition on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "8/20 DB"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 8/20 + 5 A.P.s
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionDiptych portraits of two African Americans. The young girl on the left has curly hair and pursed lips; she's sitting to the side while resting one arm on the back of a church pew and crossing her hands. The older woman on the right is facing forward and has braided hair with arms folded near her chest while resting on back of pew.
Copyright© Dawoud Bey
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