Object Details
- Created by
- Lorna Simpson, American, born 1960
- Description
- Black-and-white photograph of the torso of an African American woman in a light colored short sleeve shirt standing with her arms crossed and text dispersed across her clothing. The text reads, "a lie is not a shelter / discrimination is not protection / isolation is not a remedy / a promise is not a prophylactic."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Billy E. Hodges
- 1989
- Object number
- 2009.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Lorna Simpson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 59 x 48 x 1 1/8 in. (149.9 x 121.9 x 2.9 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- 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
- Health
- LGBTQ
- Photography
- Sexuality
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bd946ee3-35db-4c9b-86c6-a28922447f91
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