© Emma Amos/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
On view
East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center
Haskell Education Center
Crown,
2002
Emma Amos, 1938–2020; born Atlanta, GA; died Bedford, NH; active New York, NY, and New Brunswick, NJ
2005-17
More Context
Special Exhibition
<p>Amos has said, "For me, a woman artist, to walk into the studio is a political act." The only female member of the 1960s black artists’ collective Spiral, Amos has addressed issues of racism, black culture, and feminism in paintings, prints, and textiles. In this investigation of hair as a corporeal sign of black female identity—the phrase "your hair is your crown" is suggested by the title—Amos weaves every tendril and strand into a richly textured abstraction. </p>
More About This Object
Information
Title
Crown
Dates
2002
Maker
Medium
Aquatint and carborundum etching
Dimensions
43.7 × 50.8 cm (17 3/16 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art
Object Number
2005-17
Place Made
North America, United States
Inscription
Signed and dated in graphite at lower right: Emma Amos C 2002
Numbered in graphite at lower left: 5//19
Titled in graphite at lower left: Crown
Marks/Labels/Seals
Printer's Blindstamp, lower left: [fan shape]
Culture
Materials
Subject
[Ellen Sragow Ltd. New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2005.
