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Mlle Bourgeoise Noire Goes to the New Museum

1981/2007, printed 2018

Lorraine O'Grady

Associated Names

Lorraine O'Grady

Artist, American, 1934 - 2024

Coreen Simpson

Photographer, American, born 1942

Salimah Ali

Photographer, American, born 1954

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Artwork overview

Medium

14 gelatin silver prints
Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, and Gift of Funds from Heather Muir Johnson
Dimensions

framed (each): 38.42 × 38.42 cm (15 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2026.49.1.a-n
Series Title

Mlle Bourgeoise Noire

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lorraine O'Grady Trust; NGA purchase (through Davila-Villa & Stothart, New York), 2026.

Associated Names

Davila-Villa & Stothart

Inscriptions

on verso of each, bottom left stamped in black ink: LORRAINE O'GRADY TRUST / Edition # [by unknown hand in graphite: 13/20, 2 AP] / Inventory # [by unknown hand in graphite: LOG1023.013]

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