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Ming Smith

The Black Jewels of the U.S.A. II

1987

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Ming Smith

The Black Jewels of the U.S.A. II

1987

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 203 × 251 mm. (8 × 9 7/8 in.) Image: 111 × 155 mm. (4 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2020.75
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2020; Jenkins Johnson Gallery

Inscribed: RECTO: overlapping image in lower-right, in black ink "Ming Na" [signature] VERSO: lower-left in graphite, "Ming Na" [signature]

Artist

Ming Smith

b. 1946

American, born 1947
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