<I>The Red Bed</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2005
name: label: Created by
content: Margo Humphrey, American, born 1942
notes: label: Description
content: A seven color lithograph titled “The Red Bed” by Margo Humphrey. The print depicts a cross-sectional view of a house, showing six rooms in a two-story house. Each floor has three rooms. On the first floor, from left to right, the rooms are a kitchen with a checkered floor, a living room with a couch and tv, and a dining room with a three-seat table and the windows open. On the second floor, from left to right, the rooms are a black, solid color room with the word [SPIRIT / ROOM], a bathroom with yellow curtains, and a bedroom with green armchair, red walls, red curtains, and a red bed. One wall has a cross. A nude couple is embracing on the red bed. The roof of the house is yellow and the entrance to the house has a swing. The sun is painted in the upper left corner. A palm tree painted black is on the right side. The background is a gradient blue.
label: Description
content: The artist wrote the edition, title, signed, and dated the artwork in pencil along the front bottom edge. In the lower left is [2/21], the bottom center ["The Red Bed"], and in the lower right [Margo Humphrey 2005]. On the back of the print, in the lower left corner, is a black ink starburst sun with pencil writing above it [RICPP / 05-309].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.20
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Margo Humphrey
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26 1/2 × 25 in. (67.3 × 63.5 cm)