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Jeffrey Gibson

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, 2024

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Medium

glass beads, plastic beads, nylon fringe, nylon thread, acrylic felt, found punch punching bag

Dimensions

overall: 312.42 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm (123 × 15 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Reid Walker, Sasha and Charlie Sealy, Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund, and Janet Benton and David Schunter

Accession Number

2024.59.1

Artists / Makers

Jeffrey Gibson (artist) Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation, born 1972

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Copyright

© Jeffrey Gibson Image: Max Yawney

Inscription

beaded text around the cylindrical punching bag: WE HOLD/ THESE TRUTHS/ TO BE/ SELF-EVIDENT

Provenance

The artist; (Sikkema Jenkins & Co.New York); purchased 2024 by NGA.

Associated Names

Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Exhibition History

2024: 60.Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Stranieri Ovunque - Foregneirs Everywhere, June-November 2024, US Pavillion, no. 13, repro.

Bibliography

2024: Ash-Milby, Kathleen, Loius Grachos, and Abigail Winograd. The space in which to place me. Exh. brochure 60 Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, June-November 2024, US Pavillion, no. 13, repro.

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