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Five screen video installation.

A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julien

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation "Lessons of the Hour" interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass.

Nine Patch

Unidentified, Nine Patch, 1940, cotton, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2022.4.25

Unidentified, Nine Patch, 1940, cotton, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2022.4.25

Unidentified, Nine Patch, 1940, cotton, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2022.4.25

Unidentified, Nine Patch, 1940, cotton, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2022.4.25

Copied Unidentified, Nine Patch, 1940, cotton, 70 × 46 in. (177.8 × 116.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2022.4.25

Artwork Details

Title: Nine Patch
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 1940
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 70 × 46 in. (177.8 × 116.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown
Mediums Description: cotton
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Fiber
Object Number: 2022.4.25
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2022.4.25