Lessons of the Hour

Isaac Julien, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, five screen installation 35mm film and 4K digital color, 5.1 surround sound; 28:44 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Joint museum purchase between the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Acquired by National Portrait Gallery in part through the generosity of the Smithsonian Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and Agnes Gund. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.42, © Isaac Julien, Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro

Artwork Details

Title
Lessons of the Hour
Artist
Date
2019
Location
Copyright
© Isaac Julien, Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
Credit Line
Joint museum purchase between the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Acquired by National Portrait Gallery in part through the generosity of the Smithsonian Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and Agnes Gund. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
five screen installation 35mm film and 4K digital color, 5.1 surround sound; 28:44 minutes
Classifications
Subjects
  • African American
  • Portrait male — Douglass, Frederick
  • Occupation — other — reformer
Object Number
2023.42
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2023.42

Works by this artist (1 item)

Isaac Julien, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, five screen installation 35mm film and 4K digital color, 5.1 surround sound; 28:44 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Joint museum purchase between the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Acquired by National Portrait Gallery in part through the generosity of the Smithsonian Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and Agnes Gund. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.42, © Isaac Julien, Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
Lessons of the Hour
Artist
Date2019
five screen installation 35mm film and 4K digital color, 5.1 surround sound; 28:44 minutes
On view

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