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Rhea Dillon

Swollen, Whole, Broken, Birthed in the Broken; Broken Birthed, Broken, Deficient, Whole—At the Black Womb’s Altar, At the Black Woman’s Tale

21st century

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Rhea Dillon

Swollen, Whole, Broken, Birthed in the Broken; Broken Birthed, Broken, Deficient, Whole—At the Black Womb’s Altar, At the Black Woman’s Tale

21st century

Physical Qualities Sapele mahogany, calabashes, 10 × 63 × 10 in. (25.4 × 160 × 25.4 cm.)
Credit Line Art Fund established with exchange funds from Gifts of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Berman, Equitable Bank, N.A., Geoffrey Gates, Sandra O. Moose, National Endowment for the Arts, Lawrence Rubin, Philip M. Stern, and Alan J. Zakon
Object Number 2023.225
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2023; Soft Opening, London
Tate Britain, "Rhea Dillon: An Alterable Terrain," May 23, 2023 to Janurary 1, 2024.

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