In this painted jug, Hunter portrays the Three Wise Men bearing gifts to the newborn Jesus, as well as their accompanying angel, as people of color. By depicting the figures in the biblical tale with dark skin, Hunter proposes an alternative worldview — one that places Black Christianity and history at the center of storied narratives and important events.
(We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)
(We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)
- Title
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Untitled (Magi Bearing Gifts)
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1970-1980
- Location
- Dimensions
- 9 1⁄4 × 7 5⁄8 in. (23.5 × 19.4 cm), diam.
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
- Mediums Description
- paint on an albany slip whiskey jug
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Object – other – container
- Religion – New Testament – Magi
- Object Number
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2016.38.36
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
