Object Details
- Created by
- Amy Sherald, American, born 1973
- Description
- Oil painting that depicts a three-quarter length portrait of a woman with closely cropped hair holding a teacup and saucer decorated with a profile silhouette of a woman’s face. The cup and saucer is white with gold edging. There is a gold wreath around the silhouette. The woman is wearing a high necked red blouse that is tied at the neck with a bright yellow scarf. The long sleeves have ruffles at the cuffs. The shirt is tucked into black and white striped pants with a yellow button. The background fades from a bright blue at the top to bright purple at the bottom. Bright fuchsia splashes are scattered throughout the background. The woman gazes directly at the viewer.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 2012
- Object number
- 2013.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Amy Sherald
- Type
- oil paintings
- portraits
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W (unframed): 54 1/8 × 43 × 2 1/2 in. (137.5 × 109.2 × 6.4 cm)
- Place made
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Exhibition
- Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Art
- Gender
- Identity
- LGBTQ
- Sexuality
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.20
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559d102b2-7b2b-4191-b686-b3773c7dcd24
