Mary Parker and Caela Cowan

2012

Dawoud Bey

Associated Names
Dawoud Bey

Artist, American, born 1953

The image depicts two separate portraits placed side by side. On the left, an older woman is shown from the shoulders up, leaning forward with her arms on the back of a wooden pew. She has short, silver hair, wears glasses, and a chunky knitted scarf over a plain, long-sleeve shirt. The setting resembles a church with rows of pews around her. On the right, a younger girl is shown similarly positioned, with mid-length hair styled to the side. She has a focused expression and wears a striped top, hoop earrings, and a bracelet. The background in both images is similar, featuring minimal decoration with soft lighting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 inkjet prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee and Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • 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

    2018.12.3.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: Mary Parker and Caela Cowans, 2012 / Archival pigments prints mounted on dibond. 2014 prints. Signed on label attached to verso. Edition '4/6' (plus 2 APs). / 40 x 60 inches / [663.666.3.17]

Wikidata ID

Q64146146

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