Robert A. Pruitt

Self Portrait as a Great Benin Emperor of the 23rd Century

2007

A person wearing a horned helmet and scarf sits with arms crossed on an office chair.
A person wearing a horned helmet and scarf sits with arms crossed on an office chair.

Recto

Not on view

Date
2007

Classification
Prints

Medium
Inkjet print

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 20 5/8 × 17 in. (52.4 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (28.3 × 17.1 cm)

Accession number
2008.40.4

Edition
1/5 | 5 APs

Publication
Printed by Hare & Hound; published by ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art/San Antonio; published by Robert A. Pruitt

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/34526

Part of a series:
(Four Figures)
4 works

A person in a fringed costume and beaded face mask holds a pole and a sign reading "I AM MAN".
A person wearing a tall patterned cone hat and boxing gloves stands in a guarded boxing stance.
Figure in a striped outfit and goggles extends one arm while holding a hand to their mouth.
A person wearing a horned helmet and scarf sits with arms crossed on an office chair.


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