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Incidents in the Life of a Snow Queen: Detailing the Author’s Early Years, Her Meeting a Negro Boy from which She Experiences Much Benevolence, Her Wonder at the Fall of Snow, an Episode of Blindness, and the Restoration of Her Ability to Perceive Light a

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Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo

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Incidents in the Life of a Snow Queen: Detailing the Author’s Early Years, Her Meeting a Negro Boy from which She Experiences Much Benevolence, Her Wonder at the Fall of Snow, an Episode of Blindness, and the Restoration of Her Ability to Perceive Light a

1993
20th century
705 x 534 mm (27.8 x 21 in.)

Glenn Ligon, American, b. born 1960

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Photoengraving on chine-collé on Arches paper

Series: from Narratives (Disembark) Suite

Edition: Number 10 from edition of 45 in the Narratives (Disembark) Suite, published by Max Protetch Gallery, New York

Bibliography: Huey Copeland, “Glenn Ligon and Other Runaway Subjects,” Representations, vol. 113, no. 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 73–110.

Credit Line: Gift of Glenn Ligon (BA Wesleyan 1982, DFA Wesleyan 2012) in honor of David Schorr, 2013

Accession Number: 2013.12.6

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African American culture, African American history, African American Studies, identity*, narratives, slavery

African American culture
African American history
African American Studies
identity - Those characteristics or conditions of a thing, person, or group that remain the same amid change or that distinguish a thing, person, or group from another. [April 1996 descriptor moved. June 1995 descriptor added.]
narratives
slavery

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sheet Dimensions: 705 x 534 mm (27 3/4 x 21 in.)

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Glenn Ligon, American, b. born 1960 . Incidents in the Life of a Snow Queen: Detailing the Author’s Early Years, Her Meeting a Negro Boy from which She Experiences Much Benevolence, Her Wonder at the Fall of Snow, an Episode of Blindness, and the Restoration of Her Ability to Perceive Light and Dark, 1993. From Narratives (Disembark) Suite. Photoengraving on chine-collé on Arches paper. sheet : 705 x 534 mm (27 3/4 x 21 in.). DAC accession number 2013.12.6. Gift of Glenn Ligon (BA Wesleyan 1982, DFA Wesleyan 2012) in honor of David Schorr, 2013. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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