id:			165776
accession number:	2008.116.4
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.116.4
updated:		2023-08-24 00:21:55.481000

The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Man reading Newspaper), 1990. Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953). Platinum print; image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.); paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2008.116.4 © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

title:				The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Man reading Newspaper)
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creation date:			1990
creation date earliest:		1990
creation date latest:		1990
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			© Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso of each platinum print: "Carrie M. Weems (signed) 2003 2/10"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present
	opening date:   2009-06-01T00:00:00
	<i>Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).

	title:		Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video
	opening date:   2012-09-21T00:00:00
	<i>Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 29, 2013).

	title:		Picturing Motherhood Now
	opening date:   2021-10-16T04:00:00
	<i>Picturing Motherhood Now</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2021-March 13, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
In <em>Untitled (Kitchen Table Series)</em> Carrie Mae Weems staged and photographed a fictional drama, playing the lead role herself. In the context of a simple setting that remains constant—the artist’s own kitchen table—the series explores the <br>shifting roles occupied by the strong central female character: lover, friend, and mother. Together the images and texts suggest that while the woman is many things to others, she is first and foremost rooted in herself. The authority of the protagonist in <em>Untitled (Kitchen Table Series)</em> has had an enduring impact for over three decades since this iconic work was created.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Liebert, Emily, Nadiah Fellah, and William Griswold. <em>Picturing Motherhood Now.</em> Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 49, fig. 20.
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