Betty Selvage and Faith Speights

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 number2015.20.4.1

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

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DescriptionDiptych portraits of two African Americans. The older lady on the left is seated in a wooden arm chair; she has long fingernails and short hair and is wearing a pant suit. The young girl on the right is seated in a wooden arm chair with hands crossed; her hair is pulled back and she's wearing glasses and a fancy silk shirt with ruffles. There is framed artwork in the background.

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