Untitled (Uncle Joseph Tansle)
Darrel Ellis
Photography
Darrel Ellis’s works repurpose and distort photographs taken by his father, Thomas Ellis, who was killed by police weeks before his son’s birth. Upon discovering this cache of prints and negatives showcasing everyday Black life in 1950s Harlem and the Bronx, Ellis warped the images and documented them anew, creating a powerful translation of memory, mourning, and unattainable family histories.
Ellis died from AIDS-related illnesses when he was thirty-three, the same age his father was when his life, too, was tragically cut short.
MEDIUM
Gelatin silver print
DATES
ca. 1990
DIMENSIONS
image: 19 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (48.9 × 40 cm)
sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (50.5 × 60.6 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.7.1
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds given by the Charina Endowment Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Darrel Ellis (American, 1958–1992). Untitled (Uncle Joseph Tansle), ca. 1990. Gelatin silver print, image: 19 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (48.9 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by the Charina Endowment Fund, 2020.7.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , CUR.TL2020.5.1_frame.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
CUR.TL2020.5.1_frame.jpg., 2020
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