Carrie Mae Weems

Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary
1988

A black and white photograph of a woman sitting at a desk with her chin resting on her interlocked fingers, looking directly at the camera. On the wall behind her are three framed posters: one of a woman in a headscarf, one of Karl Marx, and one of a man in a hat. To her right is a lamp on the desk, and in front of her is a rotary phone and a small notebook. The image includes a handwritten signature and date at the bottom, indicating it was created by Carrie Mae Weems in 1988.

A black and white photograph of a woman sitting at a desk with her chin resting on her interlocked fingers, looking directly at the camera. On the wall behind her are three framed posters: one of a woman in a headscarf, one of Karl Marx, and one of a man in a hat. To her right is a lamp on the desk, and in front of her is a rotary phone and a small notebook. The image includes a handwritten signature and date at the bottom, indicating it was created by Carrie Mae Weems in 1988.

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Date
1988

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16in. (50.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 15 3/8 × 15 7/16in. (39.1 × 39.2 cm)

Accession number
92.13

Edition
1/5

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

Rights and reproductions
©️ Carrie Mae Weems

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artworks/7993

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