The Liberation of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben

© Renée Cox

The Liberation of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben

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The Liberation of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben,

1998, printed 2022

Renée Cox, born 1960, Colgate, Jamaica; active New York, NY
2021-39
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Artist Talk l Photographer Renee Cox

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Title
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben
Dates

1998, printed 2022

Maker
Renée Cox
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
123.2 × 154.9 cm (48 1/2 × 61 in.) frame: 127 × 161.3 × 5.1 cm (50 × 63 1/2 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art
Object Number
2021-39
Culture
Jamaican, American
Type
chromogenic color prints, photographs
Techniques
chromogenic processes
Subject
women, figures (representations), food, advertisements, men, portraits

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