Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Not Manet's Type
- Title:
- Not Manet's Type
- Collection:
- Highlights from Cornell University's Photography Collections
- Set:
- Inequality and legacies of discrimination
- Creator:
- Weems, Carrie Mae
- Creation Date:
- 1997
- ID Number:
- 2002.197 b
- File Name:
- 2002.197 b.jpg
- Transcription:
- STANDING ON SHAKEY GROUND I POSED MYSELF FOR CRITICAL STUDY BUT WAS NO LONGER CERTAIN OF THE QUESTIONS TO ASK
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Art--History
Black female representation in art history
Racialized beauty standards
- Measurement:
- 63.5 x 53.3 (Each) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Reflection in a round vanity mirror of Weems from behind, standing in a black slip at the foot of a brass bedstead. The vanity is placed across a corner and there are vases on its surface on either side of the mirror. The bed is in front of a curtained window. Weems leans her weight the end of the bedstead, raising her right shoulder. Sunlight streams across the reflected scene from the right, onto the bed and across Weems's body. Text is in red below the image on black mat.
- Notes:
- Edition 2/5
Self-portraits in various poses in a bedroom. Five panels with text on mats.
- Cite As:
- Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953), Not Manet's Type, 1997. Gelatin silver print, each: 63.5 x 53.3 cm. The Ames Family Collection of Contemporary Photography, 2002.197 a-e.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the collection Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
