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Untitled (Eating lobster), 1990, printed 2003

  • Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953
  • Pamela Vander Zwan, American, born 1960

Platinum print

  • Image: 15 1/16 × 15 1/16 inches (38.3 × 38.3 cm) Sheet: 20 1/16 × 20 1/16 inches (51 × 51 cm)

Museum Purchase, Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry by exchange

2017.20.2

Department

Contemporary Art after 1950

Details

Marked, stamp, in black ink: PROOF

Inscribed, in pencil, center, verso: 1 [encircled] | #03

(Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

2017-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Carrie Mae Weems; Pamela Vander Zwan, Untitled (Eating lobster), 1990, printed 2003, platinum print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry by exchange, 2017.20.2.

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