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Carrie Mae Weems
The Shape of Things (from Africa Series)1993

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Artist or Maker
Carrie Mae Weems
United States, 1953
Title
The Shape of Things (from Africa Series)
Date Made
1993
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Frame: 14 1/8 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (35.88 × 35.24 × 3.18 cm) Mat (sight): 13 1/4 × 13 in. (33.66 × 33.02 cm) Primary support (sight): 8 3/8 × 8 5/16 in. (21.27 × 21.11 cm) Image: 8 × 7 7/8 in. (20.32 × 20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Chara Schreyer
Accession Number
M.2025.271.4
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art