The Book of Violette: Invisible Vegetation of Desire

Artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary(Guadeloupean, born 1981)Guadeloupean, born 1981

CultureGuadeloupean

Titles

The Book of Violette: Invisible Vegetation of Desire

Date2025

MediumAcrylic on canvas

DimensionsCanvas (overall): 39 3/8 × 80 3/4 × 7/8 in. (100 × 205.1 cm)
Canvas (.A, left): 39 3/8 × 39 1/2 × 7/8 in. (100 × 100.3 × 2.2 cm)
Canvas (.B, right): 39 3/8 × 39 3/8 × 7/8 in. (100 × 100 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment and the African American Art Advisory Association

Object number2025.250.A,.B

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [James Cohan, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition HistoryKelly Sinnapah Mary: The Book of Violette, New York: James Cohan Gallery, February 14–March 22, 2025.
Published References Macaya, Cristina, “In Her Latest Works, Artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary Invents New Futures for Her Grandmother and the Planet,” Cultured (March 6, 2025): https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/03/06/artist-kelly-sinnapah-mary-painting Rodney, Seph, “The Shapeshifting Paintings of Kelly Sinnapah Mary,” Hyperallergic (March 18, 2025): https://hyperallergic.com/997002/the-shapeshifting-paintings-of-kelly-sinnapah-mary/ White, Katie, “Rising Artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary’s Magic Realist Vision Takes Center Stage,” ArtNet (March, 7, 2025): https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rising-artist-kelly-sinnapah-marys-spellbinding-works-take-center-stage-2616158 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Signed and dated in felt-tip pen, top left corner: Kelly Sinnapah Mary [cursive] / 2025

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