Faith Ringgold 1930-2024
And Women?, 2009
Serigraph
15 x 22 in.
38.1 x 55.9 cm
38.1 x 55.9 cm
17 of 35
PFF147F
© Faith Ringgold. Licensed by the Experimental Printmaking Institute, Easton, PA.
Print divided into two sections, one depicting Abigail Adams, and the other Sojourner Truth, both in grey tones and overlaid with excerpts of their respective writings on women’s rights.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 05, 2024 - Mar 08, 2024.
"Healing Through the Preservation of our Histories and Our Selves", University of Mary Washington. Dates: Jan 27, 2022 - Mar 24, 2022.
"Freedom and Fragility II", The Amistad Center for Art and Culture. Dates: Mar 23, 2020 - Feb 08, 2021.
"Figures & Projections", Kutztown University. Dates: Oct 28, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021.
"Ain't I America: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Hampton University. Dates: Jan 25, 2019 - May 11, 2019.