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A montage of photo portraits, hand written names, and the image of a slave ship superimposed over splashes of vibrant color

Three monochrome images are printed in dark gray over swirling colors on a neon yellow background. At upper center is a head and shoulders photographic portrait of Barack Obama, facing us and looking up and to the right. At lower right is a partial photograph, cropped at the upper lip, of Martin Luther King Junior. Jutting in horizontally from the lower left side is a diagram of dark skinned figures lain side by side in the hold of a ship. The words, “Hope and Dreams” are handwritten across the lower center, and lines of handwritten names appear horizontally in places across the center.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.7
People
Allan Edmunds, American (Philadelphia, PA born 1949)
Title
200 Yrs
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2008
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361186

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Allan Edmunds, created 2008; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Allan Edmunds
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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