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Howardena Pindell

Autobiography: Past & Present,

Maker

  • Robert Franklin
  • Allan Edmunds
  • Howardena Pindell

Title

Autobiography: Past & Present

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Color offset lithograph and screenprint diptych

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Object Number

2014.66.27ab

Autobiography: Past & Present
Autobiography: Past & Present I

8/55

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.

Exhibition History

Defying the Shadow

December 1, 2020 - December 18, 2021
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Autobiography: Past & Present with the accession number of 2014.66.27ab. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

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