Slave Narrative 2

Victor Ekpuk, Nigerian, born 1964

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2007 / 2015

Graphite and pastel on paper

Overall: 42 × 59 1/2 in. (106.7 × 151.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund, the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund and the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman ’40 Acquisition Fund

2015.28.2

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

21st century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Africa

Drawing

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2016

AAAS 10, Introduction to African American Studies, Trica Keaton, Winter 2020

Gallery Talk: The Embodiment of Language, Winter 2020

SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I and II, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2020

AAAS 10.01, Introduction to African American Studies, Trica Keaton, Spring 2022

SART 27.01, Printmaking I, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2022

History 85.01, African and African American Studies 88.23, The Black Atlantic, Ernesto Mercado-Montero, Winter 2024

History 36.03, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 66.36, Geography 70.02, Histories of the Carceral State, Bench Ansfield, Spring 2024

Exhibition History

Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk, Kinkead Pavilion, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, January 24 – July 27, 2014; Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 18-August 2, 2015.

Points of View, Art History 2, ARTH 2, Winter 2016, Joy Kenseth and Mary Coffey, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 1-March 13, 2016.

The Embodiment of Language, First Floor Corridor, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-May 24, 2020.

Works on Paper: Studies in Contrast, Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, January 14-April 9, 2023.

Provenance

The artist, Alexandria, Virginia; sold to present collection, 2015.

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