id:			401131
accession number:	2020.287
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.287
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:32.334000

Afrodesia and Mira Gandy, 1971. Dindga McCannon (American, b. 1947). Linocut on Color-aid paper; sheet: 30.5 x 29.2 cm (12 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.287 © Dindga McCannon

title:				Afrodesia and Mira Gandy
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creation date:			1971
creation date earliest:		1971
creation date latest:		1971
current location:		
creditline:			Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
copyright:			© Dindga McCannon

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	linocut on Color-aid paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Dindga McCannon (American, b. 1947)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 30.5 x 29.2 cm (12 x 11 1/2 in.)
state of the work:	Unique
edition of the work: 	5/20

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed and dated, in pencil, at lower right: dindga mccannon 1971; inscribed, in pencil, at lower left: 5/20; inscribed, in pencil, at bottom center: “Afrodesia + Mira Gandy”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2022-01-16T05:00:00
	<i>Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-June 19, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	studio of Dindga McCannon, Philadelphia, PA
	date: 1971-2020
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	(Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, PA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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fun fact:
Dindga McCannon studied at the Art Students League in New York, where artist Jacob Lawrence was her mentor.

digital description:
Dindga McCannon was an important artist within the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 70s and co-founded the artists’ collective WWA (Where We At, Black Women Artists, Inc.) with Kay Brown and Faith Ringgold. Created in the year the group was formed, this print depicts McCannon’s daughter Afrodesia at age four, alongside her friend Mira Gandy, who went on to become an artist herself. McCannon favors printmaking for its ability to reach a broader audience than other media and often uses it to explore themes from the lives of women, such as the one seen here.

wall description:
Dindga McCannon was an important artist within the Black Arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s and co-founded the artists’ collective WWA (“Where We At” Black Women Artists, Inc.). This print, from the year the group was formed, depicts McCannon’s daughter Afrodesia at age four alongside her friend Mira Gandy, who went on to become an artist herself. McCannon favors printmaking for its ability to reach a broader audience than other media and often uses it to investigate themes from the lives of women.
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