FAITH RINGGOLD | Two Jemimas

ACA Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Dancing at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection and Other Story Quilts, pp. 122-123, illustrated in color 
Lisa E. Farrington, The David C. Driskell Series of African American Art Volume III, Faith Ringgold, San Francisco 2004, pl. 46, p. 95, illustrated in color 

This work is in very good condition overall. The work is sewn to the backing board. The variations to the texture of the various fabrics are due to the artist's chosen medium. There are a few minor scattered surface accretions present. Framed under Plexiglas.
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"...a feminist statement about the stereotype of black women as fat. Aunt Jemima conveys the same negative connotation as Uncle Tom, simply because of her looks.'' Faith Ringgold