Erased Lynchings V

2023

Ken Gonzales-Day

Associated Names
Ken Gonzales-Day

Artist, American, born 1964

This is a wall display featuring 15 black-framed images set on a beige background in three horizontal rows of five. The details of the images are hard to discern as they are viewed from a distance. Some are in black and white, while others have a sepia or yellowish tint. Some of them appear to be postcards. Some identifiable objects include trees and tree branches, large gatherings of crowds, and figures on horseback.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    15 inkjet prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    framed (each): 30.48 × 38.1 cm (12 × 15 in.)
    installation dimensions variable

  • Accession Number

    2024.28.2.a-o

  • Series Title

    Erased Lynchings

  • Copyright

    © Ken Gonzales-Day

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ken Gonzales-Day, Los Angeles; NGA purchase (through Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles); 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

.a: by unknown hand, lower right in negative: THE WAY THE / MEXICANS PUNISH / PRISONERS OF WAR; .b: by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: TOWNS PEOPLE HUNG THEM; .j: by unknown hand, center right in negative: The Bodies of Dead / Bandits found all / along the Trail of / Pancho Villa.; lower left: 3035 / W.H. Horne / Co. / El Paso, Tex.; .l: by unknown hand, top right in graphite perpendicular: BELLEO FUND; center left in black ink: This picture shows / how people are hung / in the south. The / red places on his / shirt shows / where they shot holes / in him, after they / hang him. A mob / took Les Frank [?], white / from jail and lynched / him in Ga. / not long ago.; center right in graphite perpendicular: A07309-19; m: by unknown hand, top right in negative: 2374-3; o: by unknown hand, top center in negative: INDIANS LYNCHED BY MEXICANS

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