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Kerry James Marshall was born in Birmingham was active in Chicago. His art explores contemporary Black American culture. In this lithograph, a black angel stands in a room and looks out at the vieewer. On the wall behind him are framed portraits of Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Kennedy. Above, a cloud of gold-winged heads or martyrs of black history and the Civil Rights movement flutters.

Source: News, Jul Aug Sept 2014


Printer
Ross Zirkle
Publisher
Tamarind Institute
DimensionsSheet: 30 × 44 in. (76.2 × 111.8 cm)
Accession Number 2014.55
Classificationsprint
SignedKerry James Marshall '97 (l,r graphite)
InscriptionsT.P.1(l,l graphite); "Memento" (l,c graphite)
Catalogue raisonnéTamarind 96-367
Editionan edition of 33 was published Trial proof 1
Paper/Supportsoft white Somerset
ProvenanceArtist; (Des Moines Art Center Print Club); Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2014]
Memento
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines