Artist
Jeanine Michna-Bales(American, born 1971)American, born 1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Freedom
- 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 number2018.294.12
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black with black ink inscriptions, verso, lower left: Title: Freedom // 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: I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now I was free. // There was such a glory over everything, the sun came // like gold through the trees, and over the fields, // and I felt like I was in heaven. // –HARRIET TUBMAN
Printed in black on vellum interleaving accompanying photograph: I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now I was free. // There was such a glory over everything, the sun came // like gold through the trees, and over the fields, // and I felt like I was in heaven. // –HARRIET TUBMAN
Signed in black ink, verso, lower left: jmb
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