Museum object · Visual Arts
I'm Not Really Listening
1967
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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.
A lithograph titled “I’m Not Really Listening” by Margo Humphrey. The print is done in black, green, and orange on white paper. At the center, a large, black bird stands next to and slightly behind a seated figure in an orange dress, with a white face outlined in black. The background is a dark green color, with the sides and bottom outlined in a thick, black line and the top is several vertical, thin black lines. An orange crescent appears above the green. The artist wrote the edition, title, signed, and dated the artwork in pencil along the front bottom edge. In the lower left is [2/4], and the bottom center [I’m Not Really Listening / Humphrey ‘67]. On the back of the print, in the lower left corner, is an inscription [C-29].
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Catalog reference: 2023.39.18
