Jae Jarrell (American, born 1935). <em>Ebony Family</em>, ca. 1968. Velvet dress with velvet collage, 38 1/2 x 38 x 1/2 in. (97.8 x 96.5 x 1.3 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, 2012.80.15. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.80.15_front_PS9.jpg)

Ebony Family

Artist:Jae Jarrell

Medium: Velvet dress with velvet collage

Dates:ca. 1968

Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 38 x 1/2 in. (97.8 x 96.5 x 1.3 cm)

Collections:

Contemporary Art

Exhibitions:

Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties
We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85

Accession Number: 2012.80.15

Image: 2012.80.15_front_PS9.jpg,

Brooklyn Museum