Bona III, ISGM, Boston

2019

Zanele Muholi

Associated Names
Zanele Muholi

Artist, South African, born 1972

The image shows a person lying on their back on a bed. They are positioned with one knee bent and the other leg resting across the knee. One hand is grasping a circular object near their face, and the other hand is resting on their forehead. The person's facial features are partially obscured by the shadow cast by the object they're holding, and they have long, braided hair. The person appears to be unclothed. There is a plain wall behind the bed, casting a shadow that falls diagonally across the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 53.34 × 71.12 cm (21 × 28 in.)
    framed: 59.69 × 151.13 × 5.08 cm (23 1/2 × 59 1/2 × 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.106.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Zanele Muholi, Cape Town; NGA purchase (through Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York), 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink on applied Yancy Richardson Gallery label: ZM

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