id: 165183 accession number: 2007.178 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.178 updated: 2023-01-11 16:53:46.991000 1200 Meditation, Things My Mother Gave Me, 2005. Cecil McDonald (American, b. 1965). Inkjet print, Epson; image: 43.5 x 59.9 cm (17 1/8 x 23 9/16 in.); paper: 51.3 x 70 cm (20 3/16 x 27 9/16 in.); matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography 2007.178 © Cecil McDonald Jr. title: 1200 Meditation, Things My Mother Gave Me title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 2005 creation date earliest: 2005 creation date latest: 2005 current location: creditline: Gift of Friends of Photography copyright: © Cecil McDonald Jr. --- culture: America, 21st century technique: inkjet print, Epson department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Cecil McDonald (American, b. 1965) - artist --- measurements: Image: 43.5 x 59.9 cm (17 1/8 x 23 9/16 in.); Paper: 51.3 x 70 cm (20 3/16 x 27 9/16 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: written in pencil on verso: "1200 Meditation, things my mother gave me/Cecil McDonald (signed)/ 1 of 12, 2005" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present opening date: 2009-06-01T00:00:00 Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present" --- PROVENANCE From the artist to the Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Chicago-based artist Cecil McDonald utilizes his training in fashion and photography to restage scenes from his family’s domestic life. His purposefully arranged, carefully lit scenes give the viewer a glimpse into the private world of the photographer’s family while calling attention to the themes of gender, race, and class. This colorful photograph, from McDonald’s well-known series “Domestic Observations and Occurrences,” portrays his two teenaged daughters interacting in their home. He complicates the boundaries between public and private for viewers by stylizing his family’s daily routine. Gift of Friends of Photography 2007.178 --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES