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Mary Parker and Caela Cowan

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 number2015.20.4.5
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
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DescriptionDiptych portraits of two African Americans. The older woman on the left is seated and resting one arm on the back of a church pew; she's wearing glasses and a scarf. The young girl on the right is resting folded arms on the back of the pew; she's wearing a striped shirt and bracelet and her hair is parted on the side with a few small braids.
Copyright© Dawoud Bey
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