<I>Transcendence</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Designed by
content: Melvin Edwards, American, born 1937
label: Printed by
content: Curlee Raven Holton, American, born 1951
notes: label: Description
content: This silkscreen print depicts an abstract form against a yellow background. The abstract form sits on a straight black line drawn horizontally across the bottom margin of the image. The entire form is rendered in tones of metallic silver, greys, and charcoals and consists of a rectilinear-shaped base with a shaft rising at a slight angle from one side. As the shaft merges with the body of the form, a rectangle-shaped section protrudes from its right side. A line of chain-like links runs up the central shaft of the form. The abstract form rounds out into semi-oval/ rectangular shape set an angle to the top of the shaft. There is a large oval-shaped indentation in the left side of this shape. In the margin below the image are three graphite inscriptions [5/50] at left, [Transcendence] at center, and the artist's signature [MEdwards] at right.
place: label: Place printed
content: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Art
setName: label: See more items in
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 Curlee Raven Holton of Raven Fine Art Editions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.73.7
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Melvin Edwards / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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: 30 1/8 × 22 5/16 in. (76.5 × 56.7 cm)