Collage of a neck, a house, and a ring of braided hair, all in descending order. The images are in greyscale, and are surrounded by small blocks of text.

Lorna Simpson

Counting

Maker

Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960 in Brooklyn), printmaker

Title

Counting

Year

1991

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

photogravure

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 172.7 x 90.8 cm (68 x 35 3/4 inches) sight

Identification

Edition

54/60

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

1993.001

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 14: Shadows

The RISD Museum’s fourteenth issue of Manual shines a light on the shadow, centering the black body as a site of possibility, liberatory self-awareness, radical non-conformity, and joyful defiance. This issue serves as a companion to the exhibition Defying the Shadow.

Manual 14: Shadows opens with an excerpt on the shadow from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, followed by an introduction by Dr. Anita N. Bateman, who elucidates: “Operating in the shadow comes with a legacy of resistance, both in spiritual and ideological forms.”

Exhibition History

Defying the Shadow
Dec 01, 2020 – Dec 18, 2021
Bodies of Evidence
Contemporary Perspectives
Jul 01, 2005 – Sep 25, 2005
One Voice, Many Visions
Work By African American Artists
Feb 20, 1998 – Jun 14, 1998
Contemporary Prints from the Permanent Collection
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Recent Acquisitions in the Siskind Center
Sep 10, 1993 – Jan 09, 1994

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Tombstone

Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960 in Brooklyn), printmaker
Counting, 1991
Photogravure and screenprint
Plate: 172.7 x 90.8 cm (68 x 35 3/4 inches) sight
Walter H. Kimball Fund 1993.001

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