Mickalene Thomas

American, born 1971

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This black-and-white photograph shows a woman in a seated position, her legs curled to the side, with her back turned to us. She looks over her right shoulder towards us, allowing us to see her face in profile. She has high cheekbones, dark, arched eyebrows, a small nose, and lips set in a neutral position. She has dark skin and long black hair that cascades down her back. She is nude, with some visible tattoos, including the outline of a large cross on her lower back. She holds a bouquet of flowers in her right hand, partially obscuring her legs. The background and the surface she sits on are covered with a variety of textiles with geometric and floral patterns all layered over one another.
Mickalene Thomas, Melody: Back, 2011, diffusion transfer print (Polaroid), Charina Endowment Fund and Peter Edwards and Rose Gutfeld Fund, 2020.3.1

Melody: Back

Mickalene Thomas · 2011 · diffusion transfer print (Polaroid) ·  Accession ID  2020.3.1