Sweet Sisters #2: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a black-and-white photograph of the front of a 1940s automobile, with a house and trees behind, as the background. The shape of a woman, with her hand leaning on the hood of the car, has been superimposed on the background image. The top half of the woman's figure is an image of a torn page of sheet music for "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". The bottom half features a black-and-white photograph of two girls, lounging in seated positions on the grass by a sidewalk. The print is mounted on black sintra pvc board with back frame and a label with the artist, title, date, medium, and dimensions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2008
• Created by: Kesha Bruce, American
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Type: collages
• Type: photographs
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: pigment on paper mounted on polyvinyl chloride board
• Dimensions: H x W: 27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm)
• Dimensions: with mounted backing: 27 × 19 15/16 × 1 in. (68.6 × 50.6 × 2.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Black geographies
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.77.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the artist and Morton Fine Art
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Kesha Bruce Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.