Revolutionary
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Object Label
Jarrell changed the source image by clothing Davis in Jae Jarrell’s Revolutionary Suit (exhibited nearby) and adding words from Davis’s speeches that radiate from her face.
Caption
Wadsworth A. Jarrell (American, born 1929). Revolutionary, 1972. Screenprint on paper, Sheet: 34 x 26 1/2 in. (86.4 x 67.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.17. © Wadsworth Jarrell. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Revolutionary
Date
1972
Medium
Screenprint on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 34 x 26 1/2 in. (86.4 x 67.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed in pencil
Inscriptions
Dated, titled and numbered in pencil
Credit Line
Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund
Accession Number
2012.80.17
Rights
© Wadsworth Jarrell
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