<I>And Then I Shall Be Free</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Created by
content: Kesha Bruce, American
label: Subject of
content: Willard Thomas, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a self-portrait of the artist's grandfather, Willard Thomas. Thomas wears a Korean War-ear military uniform and stands smoking a cigarette and wearing glasses, holds a camera with both hands at waist height, aimed towards a mirror. The mirror reflects open sky and trees behind him. This image has been cut into the shape of a house and is set into a photograph image of enslaved individuals standing outside plantation slave cabins. Part of this photograph's jagged bottom edge is visible across the lower right hand corner. The print is mounted on black sintra pvc board with back frame and a label with the work's 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: Korean War, 1950-1953
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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: 2013.77.1
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 back: 27 × 20 1/16 × 1 in. (68.6 × 51 × 2.5 cm)