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A Woman Waiting in the Doorway

Black-and-white photograph of a dark-skinned woman standing in a doorway, leaning on a wall. He hair is pulled back; she wears a formal skirt and vest over a white shirt with a large bow.
© 2005 Dawoud Bey.

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  • Black-and-white photograph of a dark-skinned woman standing in a doorway, leaning on a wall. He hair is pulled back; she wears a formal skirt and vest over a white shirt with a large bow.

Date:

1976, printed 2005

Artist:

Dawoud Bey
American, born 1953

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Dawoud Bey

Title

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1976

Medium

Carbon pigment print, from the portfolio "Harlem, U.S.A." (2005)

Edition

4 of 15

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "4/15"; signed verso, lower right, in graphite: "Dawoud Bey 2005/1976"

Dimensions

Image: 16.4 × 24.1 cm (6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 50.5 × 40.6 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Susan and Allison Davis; Photography Purchase, Charina Foundation, and Barbara and Lawrence Spitz Funds; Ernest Kahn Endowment

Reference Number

2008.192

Copyright

© 2005 Dawoud Bey.

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