Dawoud Bey
The Met Supermarket

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© Dawoud Bey

The Met Supermarket
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ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Met Supermarket
  • Brooklyn, NY
Date1987
Place depictedBrooklyn, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.8 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.1 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of John S. Parsley and Nancy Nolan Parsley
Object number2017.156
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago]; purchased by John S. Parsley and Nancy Nolan Parsley, Houston, June 2013; given to MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed and signed in pencil, verso, lower edge: Dawoud Bey 2013 // The Met Supermarket // Brooklyn, NY 1987
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right corner: 663.382.3.13
Signed in pencil, verso, lower edge: Dawoud Bey 2013

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