Faith Ringgold

Hate Is a Sin
2007

Two framed artworks side by side with text and graphic elements. The left piece features a bold graphic with the words "HATE IS A SIN" superimposed on a Confederate flag motif. Surrounding the graphic is text detailing a personal experience with racism. The right piece contains a lengthy narrative text bordered by a decorative pattern of red and blue swirls with white stars. Both pieces include the artist's signature and edition information at the bottom.

Two framed artworks side by side with text and graphic elements. The left piece features a bold graphic with the words "HATE IS A SIN" superimposed on a Confederate flag motif. Surrounding the graphic is text detailing a personal experience with racism. The right piece contains a lengthy narrative text bordered by a decorative pattern of red and blue swirls with white stars. Both pieces include the artist's signature and edition information at the bottom.

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Date
2007

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (each): 22 5/8 × 22 1/16in. (57.5 × 56 cm) Image (each): 22 5/8 × 22 1/16in. (57.5 × 56 cm)

Accession number
2018.97a-b

Edition
4/10

Publication
Printed by Curlee Holton

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Faith Ringgold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/57773

Exhibitions

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Faith Ringgold
5 works in the collection

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