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Howardena Pindell

Autobiography: Past & Present

Description

Maker

Howardena Pindell (American, b. 1943)
Robert Franklin (1930–2012
b. in Long Island, New York), printer

Title

Autobiography: Past & Present
Autobiography: Past & Present I

Year

1988-1989

Medium

  • Color offset lithograph and screenprint diptych

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color offset lithograph and screenprint diptych

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 55.2 x 151.8 cm (21 3/4 x 59 3/4 inches) (two joined)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in graphite, recto LL: Autobiography: Past. 1988-89; LC: Howardena Pindell 2/55 Autobigraphy: Present. 1988-89; LR: Howardena Pindell 8/55. Inscribed on verso of left sheet, LL: 27.

Identification

Edition

8/55

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Object Number

2014.66.27ab

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Defying the Shadow
Dec 01, 2020 – Dec 18, 2021

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Howardena Pindell (American, b. 1943)
Robert Franklin (1930–2012
b. in Long Island, New York), printer
Allan Edmunds, printer
Autobiography: Past & Present; Autobiography: Past & Present I, 1988-1989
Color offset lithograph and screenprint diptych
Image/sheet: 55.2 x 151.8 cm (21 3/4 x 59 3/4 inches) (two joined)
Gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014.66.27ab

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