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Descend Upon My Heart

2008

Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring the central black-and-white photograph of a woman in a light colored dress standing in the yard of a house. The photograph has been torn into a square shape and is set against a dark background in the shape of a house. Along the upper left side of the house are circles of dripping red paint. The background is out of focus and consists of a black-and-white photograph of bare tree branches. The print is mounted on black sintra pvc board with back frame and a label with the artist, title, date, medium, and dimensions.

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Catalog reference: 2013.77.11

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