<I>That They Might Be Lovely</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Created by
content: Kesha Bruce, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Photograph by
content: Jean Louis Agassiz, Swiss, 1807 - 1873
label: Photograph by
content: Willard Thomas, American
notes: label: Description
content: An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a photographic portrait of an enslaved woman named Delia taken by Louis Agassiz in 1850, shown in silhouette against an 1857 map of the United States. The map illustrates the populations of enslaved persons by state and county with the North in green, the South in pink, and the West in off-white. Delia's profile is dark except for the back part of her head, in which is set a black-and-white photographic image of three young women captured by the artist's grandfather. The women are depicted seated, laughing and smiling into the camera with a windowed brick building in the background. The print is mounted on black sintra pvc board with back frame and a label with the artist, title, date, medium, and dimensions.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: United States History
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: (Re)calling & (Re)telling Series
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the artist and Morton Fine Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.77.2
objectType: label: Type
content: collages
label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kesha Bruce
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper mounted on polyvinyl chloride board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: with mounted backing: 27 × 20 × 1 1/16 in. (68.6 × 50.8 × 2.7 cm)