<I>Jet Spared</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2017
name: label: Created by
content: Lorna Simpson, American, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Jet, American, founded 1951
notes: label: Description
content: A mixed media collage composition featuring a photomechanically printed black-and-white image of a seated woman against a red background adhered to the center of a deckle-edged beige paper. Shown from the waist up, she wears a round-necked short sleeve tee shirt in a light color. Both her hands are placed together under her chin and her elbows are propped up in front of her. Swirls of red watercolor paint rise from the woman's head and shoulders. The work is signed and dated in graphite in the bottom right corner: [Lorna Simpson 2017].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Mass media
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.79
objectType: label: Type
content: collages
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Lorna Simpson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with watercolor
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 × 8 11/16 in. (28 × 22 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 12 5/8 × 10 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (32.1 × 25.7 × 3.8 cm)