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WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

2024

Jeffrey Gibson

Artist, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation, born 1972

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Artwork overview

Medium

glass beads, plastic beads, nylon fringe, nylon thread, acrylic felt, found punching bag
Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Reid Walker, Sasha and Charlie Sealy, Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund, and Janet Benton and David Schunter
Dimensions

overall: 312.42 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm (123 × 15 × 15 in.)
Accession

2024.59.1
Copyright

© Jeffrey Gibson Image: Max Yawney

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; (Sikkema Jenkins & Co.New York); purchased 2024 by NGA.

Associated Names

Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Exhibition History

2024

60.Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Stranieri Ovunque - Foregneirs Everywhere, June-November 2024, US Pavillion, no. 13, repro.

Bibliography

2024

Ash-Milby, Kathleen, Loius Grachos, and Abigail Winograd. The space in which to place me. Exh. brochure 60 Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, June-November 2024, US Pavillion, no. 13, repro.

Inscriptions

beaded text around the cylindrical punching bag: WE HOLD/ THESE TRUTHS/ TO BE/ SELF-EVIDENT

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