Photo of collection object Wives of Shango — Donaldson, Jeff. Wives of Shango, 1969. Matte, semi-gloss and gold metallic paint with traces of pen and brown ink with scratching out, over traces of graphite, on thick, rough texture, hand-made wove paper, sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) frame: 41 1/8 x 32 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (104.5 x 83.2 x 4.4 cm). Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.13. © Jameela K. Donaldson © artist or artist's estate.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Wives of Shango

1969

Jeff Donaldson

American, 1932-2004

Contemporary Art

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Donaldson, Jeff
Classification: Watercolor
Formatted Medium: Matte, semi-gloss and gold metallic paint with traces of pen and brown ink with scratching out, over traces of graphite, on thick, rough texture, hand-made wove paper
Medium: matte, semi-gloss, gold, metallic, paint, traces, pen, brown, ink, scratching, out, over, graphite, thick, rough, texture, hand-made, wove, paper
Dimensions: sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) frame: 41 1/8 x 32 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (104.5 x 83.2 x 4.4 cm)
Departments: Contemporary Art
Accession Number: 2012.80.13
Credit Line: Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund
Exhibitions: Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85
Rights Statement: © artist or artist's estate
Museum Location: This item is not on view
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