<I>Will You Forget Me?</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1991
name: label: Created by
content: Emma Amos, American, 1937 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: India DeLaine Amos, American, 1908 - 1979
notes: label: Description
content: This is a self-portrait created by Emma Amos. In the portrait, Amos is an adult woman falling from the sky while holding over her head a large painted representation of a black-and-white photograph of her mother, India, positioned seated on steps wearing a white dress and facing forward. The source photograph was taken when India was a 21 year old college student.
label: Description
content: Amos falling is represented in motion with hair flowing upwards and dress blowing in wind. Her facial expression includes wide eyes with mouth opened as if startled. In the background are sweeping clouds with streaks of yellow paint in the sky. The sky is visible behind the clouds and is represented with various shades of blue paint. Along all four edges is a border made of padded African fabric.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Textile design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Falling Figures
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and National Portrait Gallery, Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and generously supported by American Express
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.34
objectType: label: Type
content: self-portraits
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1991, Emma Amos, Courtesy of Ryan Lee Gallery, New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic on canvas with fabric collage and African fabric borders
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 64 3/4 × 45 3/16 × 2 in. (164.5 × 114.8 × 5.1 cm)