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Deborah Roberts
Breaking ranks2018

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Vertical collage portrait of a young Black girl assembled from photographic fragments and geometric patterned papers, holding a placard reading "7053," with a silver tiara and red bow
Artist or Maker
Deborah Roberts
United States, born 1962, Austin, Texas
Title
Breaking ranks
Date Made
2018
Medium
Collage, acrylic paint and gold pigment
Dimensions
Frame: 35 3/4 × 27 3/4 × 2 in. (90.81 × 70.49 × 5.08 cm) Sheet: 30 1/4 × 22 in. (76.84 × 55.88 cm) Image: 21 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (54.61 × 27.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Karen R. Constine, the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, George and Azita Fatheree, Nike O. Opadiran, and Demetrio and Gianna Kerrison.
Accession Number
M.2019.5
Classification
Collages
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
Copyright
© Deborah Roberts

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