Jacynthe Loves Orange Juice

Vik Muniz, Jacynthe Loves Orange Juice, 1996, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 1998.31.2
Vik Muniz, Jacynthe Loves Orange Juice, 1996, gelatin silver print, sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 1998.31.2

Artwork Details

Title
Jacynthe Loves Orange Juice
Artist
Date
1996
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • African American
  • Figure female — child — bust
Object Number
1998.31.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.31.2

Artwork Description

Vik Muniz began each portrait in this series by making a snapshot. Using this as a reference, he drew its subject using unconventional materials such as chocolate and sugar, and then photographed the result. His Sugar Children series consists of photographs of drawings he made in white sugar on black paper of children whose parents and grandparents worked on a sugar plantation on the island of Saint Kitts, West Indies.

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Works by this artist (6 items)

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Vik Muniz, Little Calist Can't Swim, 1996, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 1998.31.3
Little Calist Can’t Swim
Artist
Date1996
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Vik Muniz, Jacynthe Loves Orange Juice, 1996, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 1998.31.2
Jacynthe Loves Orange Juice
Artist
Date1996
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Vik Muniz, Big James Sweats Buckets, 1996, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 1998.31.1
Big James Sweats Buckets
Artist
Date1996
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Vik Muniz, Valentina, the Fastest, 1996, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 1998.31.5
Valentina, the Fastest
Artist
Date1996
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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