Faith Ringgold 1930-2024
“We Have Appealed To Their Native Justice and Magnanimity, 2009
Serigraph
15 x 22 in.
38.1 x 55.9 cm
38.1 x 55.9 cm
17 of 35
© Faith Ringgold. Licensed by the Experimental Printmaking Institute, Easton, PA.
Print divided into two sections, one depicting Benjamin Franklin petitioning King George, the other Frederick Douglas speaking before group of white men.The six serigraph series in a portfolio along with didactic text comprises a historic representation of the Declaration of Independence through the perspective of an African American woman. Ringgold collaborated with master printer and professor Curlee Raven Holton, who is also the director of the Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI) in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Provenance
Raven Studio- Curlee Raven Holton 1390 Morganhill Rd. Williams Township, PA 18042Exhibitions
"Perspective on the Past: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Barbara Crawford Gallery, Chestnut Hill Academy. Dates: Jan 5, 2025 - Mar 8, 2024"Freedom and Fragility II", The Amistad Center for Art and Culture. Dates: Mar 23, 2020 - Feb 2, 2021
"Ain't I America: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Hampton University Museum and Archives. Dates: Jan 25, 2019 - May 11, 2019
"Making History Visible: Of American Myths and National Heroes", Princeton University Art Museum. Dates: Sep 26, 2017 - Jan 17, 2018