Kitchen Table Series
Artist
Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953)American, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Kitchen Table Series
Date1990, printed 2003
MediumPlatinum prints and text sheets
DimensionsSheet (Each platinum print): 20 × 20 in. (50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet (Each text sheet): 11 × 11 in. (27.9 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet (Each text sheet): 11 × 11 in. (27.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2019.481.1-.34
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
various roles and relationships in the life of a Black woman, played by the
artist herself. However, the images are not self-portraits. Although Weems
portrays the protagonist, she explains, the woman is “a character. . . . I use
my body as a stand-in, but I never think of it as being about me. Rather, the
character helps to reveal something that is more complicated about the lives of
women.” Such complexities come to life in 20 photographs and 14 text panels,
all of which occur around the kitchen table.
ProvenanceThe artist; Private Collection; [Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, November 14, 2019, Lot 896]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Published References Weems, Carrie Mae, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Adrienne Edwards, (Art Critic),, and Takaaki Matsumoto. Carrie Mae Weems : Kitchen Table Series. Bologna, Italy: Damiani, 2016.
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