Photo of collection object Fairbanks or Garvey — Riddle, John. Fairbanks or Garvey, 1979. Screenprint on paper, sheet: 23 15/16 × 34 in. (60.8 × 86.4 cm) image: 19 7/8 × 30 in. (50.5 × 76.2 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, 2012.80.37. © artist or artist's estate.

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Fairbanks or Garvey

1979

John T. Riddle

American, 1933-2002

Contemporary Art

In this screenprint John T. Riddle contrasted the racist imagery of a commercial soap powder with a portrait of Marcus Garvey, a prominent Black Nationalist leader in the early twentieth century who advocated a separate society for Black people worldwide and their return to Africa. The work posits an option for Black people between servitude and radical liberation.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Riddle, John
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: Screenprint on paper
Medium: screenprint, paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 15/16 × 34 in. (60.8 × 86.4 cm) image: 19 7/8 × 30 in. (50.5 × 76.2 cm)
Inscribed: Dated and titled in pencil; numbered "23/50" in pencil LL.
Departments: Contemporary Art
Accession Number: 2012.80.37
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