Mama Wata

Photography and Media

1995

Radcliffe Bailey
American, born 1968

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Radcliffe Bailey
Title: Mama Wata
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.: 1995
Medium: Toned gelatin silver print with mixed media
Dimensions: 162.6 × 123.2 cm (64 × 48 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Fund
Reference Number: 1995.281

Art Institute of Chicago, “New Faces and Other Recent Acquisitions,” July 11, 1997–January 19, 1998. (David Travis & Sylvia Wolf)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Collection: African-American Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” February 15–May 27, 2002. Rice Building, Special Exhibition Galleries. (Danny Schulman, Modern & Contemporary Dept.)

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