The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Woman Playing Solitaire)
1990
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953)
Photography
The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Woman Playing Solitaire), 1990. Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953). Platinum print; image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.); paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2008.116.19 © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. In Untitled (Kitchen Table Series) Carrie Mae Weems staged and photographed a fictional drama, playing the lead role herself. In the context of a simple setting that remains constant—the artist’s own kitchen table—the series explores the
shifting roles occupied by the strong central female character: lover, friend, and mother. Together the images and texts suggest that while the woman is many things to others, she is first and foremost rooted in herself. The authority of the protagonist in Untitled (Kitchen Table Series) has had an enduring impact for over three decades since this iconic work was created.
shifting roles occupied by the strong central female character: lover, friend, and mother. Together the images and texts suggest that while the woman is many things to others, she is first and foremost rooted in herself. The authority of the protagonist in Untitled (Kitchen Table Series) has had an enduring impact for over three decades since this iconic work was created.
- Maker/Artist
- Weems, Carrie Mae
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- platinum print
- Dimensions
- Image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Written in pencil on verso of each platinum print: "Carrie M. Weems (signed) 2003 2/10"
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 2008.116.19
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Picturing Motherhood Now
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
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