Run, Nigger, Run
1992
Artist, American, born 1953
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print and screenprint on paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Friends of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
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Dimensions
image (each): 48.58 × 48.58 cm (19 1/8 × 19 1/8 in.)
framed (each): 53.02 × 53.02 × 3.81 cm (20 7/8 × 20 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.411.a-b
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(P.P.O.W., Inc., New York); purchased by the Friends of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired by NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1999
Celebrating the Legacy: African American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 30 – September 22, 1999
2002
Celebrating the Legacy: African American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, January 10 – February 25, 2002
2003
Black is a Color: African American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 1 – April 7, 2003
2010
No Man's Land: Photography Across Categories, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 11, 2010 – January 30, 2011
Inscriptions
on verso of photograph, signed by artist, lower left: Carrie M Weems - 1992; lower right: 5/10
Wikidata ID
Q64145706