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Howardena Pindell

Space Frame

Description

Maker

Howardena Pindell (American, b. 1943)

Title

Space Frame

Year

1968

Medium

  • Graphite on graph paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Graphite on graph paper

Materials

pencil

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 44.5 x 55.9 cm (17 1/2 x 22 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed and dated lower right

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2004.56

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 9: Out of Line

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Primacy of Paper
Recent Works from the Collection
Jan 15, 2010 – Jun 20, 2010
Bodies of Evidence
Contemporary Perspectives
Jul 01, 2005 – Sep 25, 2005

Label copy

“As a child in the 1940s, Howardena and her family would drive from Philadelphia to her grandmother’s home in Hamilton, Ohio, near the border of Kentucky. Most motels would not accept blacks. Her father would bring a stove along so that they could cook their meals in the woods.

It was on one of these trips that Howardena had an early experience with segregation and racism. It involved an outing to a local food stand in the southern Ohio- northern Kentucky area. Howardena asked her father why the large glass root beer mugs they were given had prominent red circles painted at the bottom. Her father then explained to her that in restaurants and food stands people of color were given separate utensils and that the red circles were used to distinguish ‘their’ mugs from the others. This left an indelible mark on Howardena, as years later, these red marks and dots appear in many of her current works.”

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Howardena Pindell (American, b. 1943)
Space Frame, 1968
Graphite on graph paper
Sheet: 44.5 x 55.9 cm (17 1/2 x 22 inches)
Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund 2004.56

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