Autobiography: Past & Present II

2005

Howardena Pindell

Associated Names
Howardena Pindell

Artist, American, born 1943

Robert Franklin

Printer, American, born 1930

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Publisher

The image displays silhouetted hand shapes reaching in different directions across the canvas. Various elements are incorporated, such as a bust, maps, an ocean wave, and pairs of eyes. Assorted colors and overlays create an intricate collage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color offset lithograph on two sheets of wove Somerset paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 54 × 145.8 cm (21 1/4 × 57 3/8 in.)
    sheet (each): 54 × 72.9 cm (21 1/4 × 28 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.22.41.a-b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

a) "Howardena Pindell 44/58" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Autobiography: Present 2005-2007" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.
b) "Howardena Pindell 54/58" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Autobiography: Past 2005-2007" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

Somerset England

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