Artist
Jeanine Michna-Bales(American, born 1971)American, born 1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Hidden Passage
- from the portfolio Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
Date2014, printed 2018
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 12 5/16 in. (21.6 × 31.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 7/16 × 16 3/16 in. (31.6 × 41.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 7/16 × 16 3/16 in. (31.6 × 41.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of John and Carola Herrin
Object number2018.294.7
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black with black ink inscriptions, verso, lower left: Title: Hidden Passage // Series: Through Darkness to Light // Date Composed | Printed: 2014 | 2018 // Printer: Steve Clayton @ Holland Photo // Print Information: Digital Chromogenic Print // Edition: Portfolio #3 // jmb Jeanine Michna Bales jmb [stamped and signed]
Printed in black on vellum interleaving accompanying photograph: The man I called “Master” was my half brother. // My mother was a better woman than his, and I was the smartest boy of the two, // but while he had a right smart chance at school, I was whipped // if I asked the name of the letters that spell the name // of the God that made us both of one blood. // –WILLIAM, SLAVE AND HALF BROTHER TO // A UNITED STATES SENATOR
Printed in black on vellum interleaving accompanying photograph: The man I called “Master” was my half brother. // My mother was a better woman than his, and I was the smartest boy of the two, // but while he had a right smart chance at school, I was whipped // if I asked the name of the letters that spell the name // of the God that made us both of one blood. // –WILLIAM, SLAVE AND HALF BROTHER TO // A UNITED STATES SENATOR
Signed in black ink, verso, lower left: jmb
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Jeanine Michna-Bales
2014
Chromogenic print
2019.560
