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Artist/Maker
Keisha Scarville
(American, born 1975)
Date2023
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 15 3/4 × 13 in. (40 × 33 cm)
Image: 13 3/4 × 11 in. (34.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2026.11
Not on view
DescriptionFrom the artist:
"This image was made specifically for my book, lick of tongue, rub of finger, on soft wound, where I explore how notions of belonging and identity are formed and structured. In the book, I interweave my images with archival imagery, passages from books, personal texts, and film stills to engage new genealogies and disrupt conventional, linear histories."
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Additional Details
Signature
Verso, bottom center (black ink on adhesive label): "Keisha Scarville / 16/50"
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Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
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Object number: 2016.5
Aaron R. Turner
Date: 2020
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2025.10.1
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Date: 2014
Medium: Archival inkjet print
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Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177
Sally S. Fine
Date: 1994
Medium: Collage of sewn and glued nautical charts, xeroxes, and DNA films
Object number: 2025.9.6
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.124
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.113
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.123
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 6, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.242