Revolutionary
Wadsworth A. Jarrell
Contemporary Art
Revolutionary is based on a photograph of political activist and professor Angela Davis speaking at a rally in spring 1970, published in Life magazine on September 11 of that year in an article titled “The Making of a Fugitive.” At the time, Davis was fleeing awarrant for her arrest in connection with the murder of a prison guard, a story that captured national attention. (She was later arrested, tried, and, in 1972, found not guilty.)
Jarrell changed the source image by clothing Davis in Jae Jarrell’s Revolutionary Suit (exhibited nearby) and adding words from Davis’s speeches that radiate from her face.
MEDIUM
Screenprint on paper
DATES
1972
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 34 x 26 1/2 in. (86.4 x 67.3 cm)
(show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed in pencil
INSCRIPTIONS
Dated, titled and numbered in pencil
ACCESSION NUMBER
2012.80.17
CREDIT LINE
Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Wadsworth A. Jarrell (American, born 1929). Revolutionary, 1972. Screenprint on paper, Sheet: 34 x 26 1/2 in. (86.4 x 67.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.17. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.80.17_PS6.jpg)
EDITION
1/300
IMAGE
overall, 2012.80.17_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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