Slave Rape Story Quilt

Artist Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930)

Date1985

DimensionsImage: H 82 x W 73 in. (H 208.3 x W 185.4 cm)
Framed: H 86 7/16 x W 76 7/16 x D 4 in. (H 219.6 x W 194.2 x D 10.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1985 Metropolitan Life Foundation Museum Grants for Minority Visual Arts; Purchase 1985, Metropolitan Life Foundation Museum Grants for Minority Visual Arts

Object number85.395

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Object NameQuilt

Title Details

Primary Title Slave Rape Story Quilt

Remarks recto inscription

Inscriptionsrecto: c. "ARTIST PROOF SLAVE RAPE Aquatint line etching 24 x 36 1985 [copyright symbol] New York City"; l.c. "SLAVE RAPE STORY QUILT by Faith Ringgold [copyright symbol] MAY 18, 1985 NEW YORK CITY"ProvenanceFaith Ringgold, New York, New YorkExhibition History"Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery," The New-York Historical Society, New York (June 16, 2006-January 7, 2007)
"Free Expressions: Community Voices and Contemporary African American Art from the Collection", The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 6 - July 28, 2002)
"Dark Decor," organized by Independant Curators Inc., travelled to: DePree Art Center, Holland, Michigan (January 10-March 6, 1992); San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California (July 12-October 11, 1992); Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida (December 11, 1992-February 7, 1993); Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey (July 11-August 15, 1993); and Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta, Canada (September 9-30, 1993)
"20th Century Afro-American Artists: Selections from the Collection of the Newark Museum," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (June 18-October 14, 1985)

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