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The North Star

Artist Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953)

Date2022

MediumInkjet prints

DimensionsImage and sheet (.1 and .7): 11 × 14 inches (27.94 × 35.56 cm)
Framed (.1 and .7): 17 5/8 × 20 5/8 × 1 1/2 inches (44.77 × 52.39 × 3.81 cm)
Image and sheet (.2 and .6): 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Framed (.2 and .6): 22 5/8 × 26 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches (57.47 × 67.63 × 3.18 cm)
Image and sheet (.3 and .5): 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Framed (.3 and .5): 26 5/8 × 30 5/8 × 2 1/2 inches (67.63 × 77.79 × 6.35 cm)
Image and sheet (.4): 24 × 30 inches (60.96 × 76.2 cm)
Framed (.4): 30 5/8 × 36 5/8 × 2 1/8 inches (77.79 × 93.03 × 5.4 cm)
Overall (variable): 31 × 204 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (78.74 × 520.07 × 6.35 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2025.55.1-7

SignedSigned on gallery label, verso of #1, white label with black type and black pen: "GLADSTONE / Carrie Mae Weems / The North Star, 2022 / Seven archival pigment prints framed with convex glass / Overall: 31 x 204 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches (78.7 x 520.1 x / 6.4 cm) / AP1, Edition of 5 + 2AP, CMW323 / (1 of 7) / [signature] / 515 West 24 Street / New York, NY 10011"

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Edition/State/ProofA.P. 1/2, ed. of 5

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DescriptionSeven photographs individually presented in black oval frames with convex glass. Each is an image of a dark night sky with a bright star near the center and smaller stars scattered.

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