We Have But Faith: Museum Object and Cultural History
We Have But Faith: Date: 2008. Created by: Kesha Bruce, American. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
The object in the museum catalogue
An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a central image consisting of a black-and-white photograph of three seated women. The woman on the left is only partially visible, her arm stretched out to graph the hand of the woman at center. The photograph appears in the center and right wing of a dark flying bird shape set against a background of a curved piece of sheet music. 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 Woman or Women
- 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 × 20 1/16 × 1 in. (68.6 × 51 × 2.5 cm)
- Place depicted: Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Black geographies
- Topic: Christianity
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: Music
- Object number: 2013.77.12
- 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
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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.
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