id:			518340
accession number:	2022.96
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.96
updated:		2024-04-16 11:02:57.844000

I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black, 1973. Camille Billops (American, b. 1939). Etching and aquatint with chine collé on Arches wove paper; platemark: 30.1 x 43 cm (11 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.); sheet: 56.5 x 76 cm (22 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2022.96

title:				I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black
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creation date:			1973
creation date earliest:		1973
creation date latest:		1973
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creditline:			Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
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technique:	etching and aquatint with chine collé on Arches wove paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Camille Billops (American, b. 1939)  - artist
American sculptor, painter, and filmmaker, born 1939
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measurements: Platemark: 30.1 x 43 cm (11 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 56.5 x 76 cm (22 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
state of the work:	state IV/IV
edition of the work: 	Edition of 20

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	inscription:	Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: C. Billops 1973
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	inscription:	Inscribed, in graphite, lower margin: 15/20 4th state Chien Collette I am Black, I am Black, I am Dangerously Black
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	inscription:	Watermark: Arches
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper
	opening date:   2023-11-19T05:00:00
	<i>New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2023-April 14, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Studio of the artist
	date: 1969-2019
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	Estate of the artist
	date: 2019–22
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	(Ryan/Lee Gallery, New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 12, 2022-
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