Hottentot Venus 2000 [in collaboration with Renee Cox]

Lyle Ashton Harris; Renee Cox

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Lyle Ashton Harris (American, New York, NY, born 1965); Renee Cox (Jamaican, born 1960). Hottentot Venus 2000 [in collaboration with Renee Cox], 1994. Unique Polaroid, frame: 34 3/4 × 26 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (88.3 × 67 × 6.7 cm) sheet: 34 3/4 × 20 in. (88.3 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2025.12. © Lyle Ashton Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Salon 94.. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Hottentot Venus 2000 [in collaboration with Renee Cox]

Date

1994

Medium

Unique Polaroid

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

frame: 34 3/4 × 26 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (88.3 × 67 × 6.7 cm) sheet: 34 3/4 × 20 in. (88.3 × 50.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary

Accession Number

2025.12

Rights

© Lyle Ashton Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Salon 94.

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