Negra Es Bella

Courtesy of the artist and Koplin Del Rio Gallery

Negra Es Bella

Currently not on view

Negra Es Bella,

2014

Robert Pruitt, born 1975, Houston, TX; active New York, NY
Printed by Tamarind Institute, founded 1960
2018-112
Pruitt draws on art history, pop culture, and political activism to address the complexities of black diasporic identities. This figure, adorned with a sphinx headdress and a T-shirt featuring the logo for the Black Panther Party and the words “Negra Es Bella” (Spanish for Black Is Beautiful, a 1960s cultural movement), is an embodiment of female empowerment. Pruitt bases his portraits of imagined female archetypes on images of his friends and people in his community.

Information

Title
Negra Es Bella
Dates

2014

Maker
Robert Pruitt
Printed by Tamarind Institute
Medium
Two-color lithograph
Dimensions
95.2 × 66 cm (37 1/2 × 26 in.) frame: 112.4 × 81.9 × 5.1 cm (44 1/4 × 32 1/4 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the PECO Foundation
Object Number
2018-112
Place Made

North America, United States, New Mexico, Albuquerque

Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: R Pruitt
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 3/20 Titled in graphite, lower center: NEGRA ES BELLA
Marks/Labels/Seals
Blindstamps at lower left and lower right
Culture
American
Type
lithographs, prints
Techniques
lithography
Subject
women, figures (representations), panthers, sphinxes

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