<I>Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1990-1999; printed 2015
name: label: Created by
content: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953
notes: label: Description
content: A framed black-and-white gelatin silver photograph titled “Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper)” by Carrie Mae Weems. The photograph captures a scene in a kitchen. At the center is a kitchen table with a man seated at the end of it, wearing a black shirt as he reads a newspaper. A glass of a clear liquid, likely water, is on the man’s proper left. Behind the man’s proper right side is Weems leaning against the wall dressed in lace lingerie with an open, dark color robe. Weems appears to be looking at the man or over his shoulder from a distance. An empty chair is next to the man’s proper left and behind him, a door. Above the kitchen table is a cone pendant light fixture. The scene comes from Weems’ storytelling of a woman’s life. It is a part of the ‘Kitchen Table Series’ and the print is from the Collector's Edition of the book "Kitchen Table Series."
label: Description
content: The artist signed, dated, and numbered the print on the back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Kitchen Table Series
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 Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.47ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carrie Mae Weems, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, and Galerie Barbra Thumm, Berlin
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (25.1 × 25.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (38.7 × 38.7 cm)