Image

Fred Wilson

1863, 2006

Now On View Recent Acquisition

Description

Maker

Title

1863

Year

2006

Medium

Inkjet print on paper with transparent overlay

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 49.2 x 68.7 cm (19 3/8 x 27 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed and signed in graphite on recto of glassine overlay LR "Fred Wilson 2006", numbered "10/35" in graphite on recto of glassine overlay LL. Inscribed in graphite on verso UL "31813" and LR "970007"

970-007.2; Cons #17157
(Inventory #31749)

Identification

Edition

10/35

Type

Credit

Esther Mauran Acquisitions Fund

Object Number

2020.62

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Modern and Contemporary Galleries

For this piece, Fred Wilson digitally reproduced an 1863 lithograph depicting a camp of the Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a Union army infantry stationed in Suffolk, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Wilson placed a translucent cover sheet on top of the reproduction, blurring all details except for what is seen through a hole cut in the lower left corner. Here a Black woman is pictured hanging laundry—her presence literally on the fringe of the composition—revealing the habitual invisibility of Black women’s efforts in American history.

Use

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