| Maker(s): | Cole, Willie
| | Culture: | American (1955 - )
| | Title: | Man, Spirit, Mask (triptych)
| | Date Made: | 1999
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Man - photo etching, embossing and hand colortint on medium thick, moderately textured, cream-colored paper; Spirit - screenprint with lemon juice and scorching with hand applied heat gun on medium thick, moderately textured, white paper; Mask - photo etching and woodcut on medium thick, moderately texxtured, cream-colored paper
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | sheet: 39 1/4 in x 26 3/4 in; 99.7 cm x 67.9 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscription in pencil at lower left of Man: R.I., signature and date in pencil at lower right of Mask: Willie Cole '99
| | Accession Number: | SC 2014.38.2
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the Dorothy C. Miller, class of 1925, Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Tryptich, three framed prints forming one artwork. Left print (Man): close-up of black man's face decorated with the pattern of dots found on the hot surface of a clothes iron; Center print (Spirit): image of clothes iron burned onto page; Right print (Mask): clothes iron seen from above abstracted to resemble a mask. Anti-racism, African American art
Tags:
African American; race; ceremonies Link to share this object record:
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