Faith Ringgold 1930-2024
Taxes On Us Without Our Consent, 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 the Boston Tea Party, and the other the historic march and confrontation on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.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: 05/01/2024-08/03/2024. Location: Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, PA"Another American's Autobiography: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Sigal Museum, Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society. Dates: Nov 18, 2021 - Jul 10, 2022
"Making History Visible: Of American Myths and National Heroes", Princeton University Art Museum. Dates: Sep 26, 2017 - Jan 17, 2018
"Identities: African American Art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection", Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College. Dates: Jan 23, 2015 - Mar 7, 2015.