Melody: Back
2011
Mickalene Thomas
Artist, American, born 1971
Artwork overview
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Medium
diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)
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Credit Line
Charina Endowment Fund and Peter Edwards and Rose Gutfeld Fund
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Dimensions
image: 62.23 × 52.71 cm (24 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)
sheet: 86.36 × 55.88 cm (34 × 22 in.) -
Accession Number
2020.3.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mickalene Thomas, New York; NGA purchase (through Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York), 2020.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2022
Afro-Atlantic Histories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in black ink: M Thomas 2011; center left: Melody Back