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Various images collaged over a background of monochromatic hands and heads on a gradient of peach and purple

Twenty three various different images, printed in tan, blue, or light green appear at irregular intervals across a long horizontal rectangle. Nine of these are small, cut out images of eyes. The remaining images include ancient artifacts, a map of an island, a ship, Japanese woodblock prints and an illustration of intestines. These are superimposed over an arrangement of larger shapes in light tan of nine hands and two heads. Behind these, the background is a color gradient that ranges from pale peach at left, to purple at center, back to peach at right. Irregular transparent red spots appear across the entire surface.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.45
People
Howardena Pindell, American (Philadelphia PA born 1943)
Title
Autobiography: Past & Present II
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2005
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361198

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
54.6 × 152.4 cm (21 1/2 × 60 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Howardena Pindell, created 2005; [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
© Howardena Pindell. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.45
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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