Betty Selvage and Faith Speights

2012

Dawoud Bey

Associated Names
Dawoud Bey

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows two adjacent portraits of individuals from the waist up, seated in wooden chairs and facing the camera. The woman on the left has short, closely-cropped hair and wears a structured jacket with horizontal pleats. She has strong facial features and a serious expression, with her arms casually placed over the back of the chair. The individual on the right is a young girl with neatly pulled-back hair, wearing glasses and a blouse with ruffles and a bow. Her expression is gentle, with attentive eyes, and her hands are resting over the back of the chair. The background features a large, intricate artwork or tapestry that adds depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 inkjet prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 91 × 71 cm (35 13/16 × 27 15/16 in.)
    framed (each): 104 × 83.7 × 4.5 cm (40 15/16 × 32 15/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
    overall: 104 × 167.4 × 4.5 cm (40 15/16 × 65 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.12.2.a-b

  • Series Title

    The Birmingham Project

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project: National Gallery of Art, Washington, September 12, 2018–April 22, 2019

Inscriptions

on framed verso of right panel, signed by artist, on Stephen Daiter Gallery label affixed to lower right corner in black ink: Dawoud Bey; typed on label: Archival pigments prints mounted on dibond. 2014 prints.

Wikidata ID

Q64146145

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