Harvard Art Museums > 2006.287: 1863 Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"1863 (Fred Wilson)(Printed by Pamplemousse Press)(Published by Pace Editions, Inc.) , 2006.287,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317620. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.287 People Fred Wilson, American (Bronx, NY born 1954) Printed by Pamplemousse Press Published by Pace Editions, Inc., American Title 1863 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 2006 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317620 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink jet digital print with glassine overlay Technique Ink jet digital print Dimensions sheet: 48.9 x 68.9 cm (19 1/4 x 27 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l. r. in graphite pencil: Fred Wilson 2006 inscription: lower left of glassine overlay in graphite pencil: 28/35 inscription: lower right of glassine overlay in graphite pencil: Fred Wilson 2006 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Pace Prints, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 2006. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 28/35 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund Copyright © Fred Wilson Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.287 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Ink jet digital print ("Camp of Massachusetts Sixth Regt. Vols. Suffolk, Va.") with glassine overlay. Oval cut-out in glassine overlay lower left, surrounding female figure hanging laundry. Commentary Wilson, who lives and works in NY, is best known for his site-specific installations, or more appropriately, "re-installations," of museum and other institutional collections to reflect the absence or negation of African American art, life, and culture. This print functions analogously-Wilson has taken an 1863 lithograph depicting a Massachusetts regiment of Union soldiers at their encampment, copied it, and then printed it as a digital image. The resulting digital print is covered with a translucent sheet of interleaf, obscuring the overall image. A small hole however reveals the single black figure in the composition-a washerwoman at the fringe, hanging up laundry to dry. Through his manipulation of the historical image, Wilson reveals the invisibility of the laundress, and more pointedly, the invisibility of blacks and their work in the history of the Civil War, and ultimately this country. Exhibition History Critical Printing, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
