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To Be or Not to Be Free

2014
21st century
640 x 447 mm (25.2 x 17.6 in.)

Faith Ringgold, American, b. born ca. 1930

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper

Edition: Number 22 from edition of 60; published by Segura Arts Studio

Marks: Signed in pencil, lower left corner: “Faith Ringgold 2014”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: “22/60”; inscribed in pencil below image: “To Be Or Not To Be Free”; inscribed on stone around four sides of image: “Aunt Emmy and Uncle Tate…”; embossed, lower right corner: Segura Arts Studio blindstamp.

Marks: Watermark: BFK RIVES / France [infinity symbol]

Bibliography: For information about the artist, see http://faithringgold.com .

Credit Line: Hoy Family Afro-American Visual Arts Fund, 2014

Accession Number: 2014.9.2

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African American artists*, African American culture, African American Studies, forests*, freedom*, roads

African American artists - LC sh 85001794
African American culture
African American Studies
forests - Historically, refers to wilderness areas outside the scope of common law but within the legislation of kings and reserved for royal activities; more recently, used to designate extensive wooded areas, whether maintained for the production of timber or unmanaged and preserving a wilderness of dense growth and wild animal habitats. [September 1993 lead-in term added.]
freedom - A right or liberty guaranteed by a constitution or fundamental law assuring exemption or liberation from slavery, imprisonment, or restraint by a despotic power. W [February 1993 descriptor moved.]
roads

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image Dimensions: 640 x 447 mm (25.2 x 17.6 in.)

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Faith Ringgold, American, b. born ca. 1930 . To Be or Not to Be Free, 2014. Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper. image : 640 x 447 mm (25.2 x 17.6 in.). Sheet : 766 x 562 mm (30.2 x 22.1 in.). DAC accession number 2014.9.2. Hoy Family Afro-American Visual Arts Fund, 2014.

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