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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Joe Mace-Diné Elder

2021

Dakota Mace

Associated Names

Dakota Mace

Artist, Diné, born 1991

This is a photograph of an old snapshot and a vintage shovel. The left side of the photograph features a black-and-white snapshot with many creases and fold lines, showing a person standing in front of a geometric building structure. The right side of the photograph is a color image of a rustic, blue shovel head against a black background. The shovel is weathered, with chipped paint and visible rust around the edges.

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Artwork overview

Medium

inkjet print
Credit Line

Gift of the Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel
Dimensions

image: 45.72 × 62.87 cm (18 × 24 3/4 in.)
sheet: 60.96 × 76.2 cm (24 × 30 in.)
Accession Number

2024.23.1
Series Title

Dahodiyinii (Sacred Places)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dakota Mace; NGA purchase (through Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York), 2024.

Associated Names

Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right corner in graphite: 1/3 Dakota Mace; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: DMA-00049-SP

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