Coffee Pot, from the series American Icons

© Carrie Mae Weems

Coffee Pot, from the series American Icons

On view

Temporary Exhibitions
Allen Adler & Frances Beatty Adler Gallery
Princeton Collects

Coffee Pot, from the series American Icons,

1988–89

Carrie Mae Weems, born 1953, Portland, OR; active New York, NY and San Francisco, CA
2022-367

Information

Title
Coffee Pot, from the series American Icons
Dates

1988–89

Maker
Carrie Mae Weems
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 36.8 × 38.1 cm (14 1/2 × 15 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of TGS Management Company, LLC
Object Number
2022-367
Signatures
Signed, editioned, dated in graphite on verso
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Subject
mugs, coffeepots

The artist. Commodities Corporation, 1980s; TGS Management Company; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2022.

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