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Oneika I

Photographic portrait of a medium dark–skinned pregnant woman. She sits on a wooden chair, holding her belly with her right hand and her cheek with her left. The image is divided up into six framed panels arranged in three rows of two panels each.

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  • Photographic portrait of a medium dark–skinned pregnant woman. She sits on a wooden chair, holding her belly with her right hand and her cheek with her left. The image is divided up into six framed panels arranged in three rows of two panels each.

Date:

1996

Artist:

Dawoud Bey
American, born 1953

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Dawoud Bey

Title

Oneika I

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.

1996

Medium

Internal dye diffusion transfers on six framed panels

Dimensions

74.9 × 55.9 cm (29 1/2 × 22 in.), each; 224.8 × 111.7 cm (88 1/2 × 44 in.), installed

Credit Line

Joseph N. Eisendrath Prize Fund

Reference Number

1999.226a-f

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