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Begotten

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. At center is a cut out black-and-white photographicimage of several children standing in a line, from tallest to smallest. The second child from the left holds an infant. This image is set against two contrasting images, one dark and one light, in the shape of a house. The collaged house is set against a background of typewritten text of a Bible verse listing the descendants of Solomon. 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: 2013.77.8

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