Nested Blocks, Model 482
ca. 1935
Holgate Toys, made by Holgate Brothers Company
1789-present
Decorative Arts
Steffani Jemison’s Personal was created for Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond, a 2014–15 multigenerational survey of Brooklyn’s artists. Three men—professional actors based in Brooklyn who responded to an ad Jemison placed—move improvisationally through various locations in Bed-Stuy, while the world around them is largely unaffected by their movement. An unfinished mural of President Obama and Nelson Mandela marks a particular political moment, and acts as a momentary backdrop for Jemison’s choreographed contortions of time, space, and sequence, which question notions of linear progress, particularly in relation to Black Americans.
- Maker/Artist
- Holgate Toys, made by Holgate Brothers Company
- Classification
- Recreation, Toys, Games
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, pigment, paper
- Dimensions
- a: 4 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (12.5 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm) b: 4 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (12.1 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm) c: 4 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (11.4 x 10 x 10 cm) d: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm) e: 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm) f: 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (10 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm)
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 2015.80a-f
- Credit Line
- Maria L. Emmons Fund
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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