Untitled #17 (Forest), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

Dawoud Bey, Untitled #17 (Forest), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer, 2019.29.4, © 2019, Dawoud Bey
Dawoud Bey, Untitled #17 (Forest), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017, gelatin silver print, overall: 48 × 59 in. (121.9 × 149.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer, 2019.29.4, © 2019, Dawoud Bey

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled #17 (Forest), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black
Artist
Date
2017
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 48 × 59 in. (121.9 × 149.9 cm)
Copyright
© 2019, Dawoud Bey
Credit Line
Gift of Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — time — night
  • Landscape — forest
Object Number
2019.29.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2019.29.4

Works by this artist (2 items)

Dominic Di Mare, Manuscript #9, 1978, handmade paper, feathers, fiber, hawthorn, string, and cotton batting, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick, 1993.54.2, © 1978, Dominic L. DiMare
Manuscript #9
Artist
Date1978
handmade paper, feathers, fiber, hawthorn, string, and cotton batting
Not on view
Dominic Di Mare, Mourning Station #11, 1988, hawthorn, horsehair, feathers, thread, and stone, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, Patrick and Darle Maveety and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1992.82
Mourning Station #11
Artist
Date1988
hawthorn, horsehair, feathers, thread, and stone
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2019.29.1 - SAAM-2019.29.1_1 - 138052
Dawoud Bey and William H. Johnson
May 12, 2021–August 5, 2021
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This focused installation features recently acquired photographs by Dawoud Bey in conversation with a painting by William H. Johnson that refer to the Underground Railroad.

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