Jae Jarrell (American, born 1935). <em>Urban Wall Suit</em>, ca. 1969. Sewn and painted cotton and silk, two-piece suit, 37 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1/2 in. (95.3 x 69.9 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, 2012.80.16. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.80.16_front_PS9.jpg)

Urban Wall Suit

Artist:Jae Jarrell

Medium: Sewn and painted cotton and silk, two-piece suit

Dates:ca. 1969

Dimensions: 37 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1/2 in. (95.3 x 69.9 x 1.3 cm) install dims: 53 1/2 × 18 × 12 in. (135.9 × 45.7 × 30.5 cm)

Collections:

Contemporary Art

Exhibitions:

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

Accession Number: 2012.80.16

Image: 2012.80.16_front_PS9.jpg,

Brooklyn Museum