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Oletha DeVane

Mamawata’s Earth Song

21st century

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Oletha DeVane

Mamawata’s Earth Song

21st century

Physical Qualities Acrylic, geo stones, plastic, nails, wood, rope, clay, 57 × 30 × 3 1/2 in. (144.8 × 76.2 × 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Object Number 2025.259
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2025; the Artist
Katie Cooke and Antoinette Roberts, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Baker Artist Awards," April 27, 2025 to July 27, 2025.

Artist

Oletha DeVane

b. 1949

born Baltimore, MD 1950
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