Nested Blocks, Model 482
Object Label
Steffani Jemison’s Personal was created for Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond, a 2014–15 multigenerational survey of Brooklyn’s artists. Three men—professional actors based in Brooklyn who responded to an ad Jemison placed—move improvisationally through various locations in Bed-Stuy, while the world around them is largely unaffected by their movement. An unfinished mural of President Obama and Nelson Mandela marks a particular political moment, and acts as a momentary backdrop for Jemison’s choreographed contortions of time, space, and sequence, which question notions of linear progress, particularly in relation to Black Americans.
Caption
Holgate Toys, made by Holgate Brothers Company 1789–present. Nested Blocks, Model 482, ca. 1935. Wood, pigment, paper, a: 4 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (12.5 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm) b: 4 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (12.1 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm) c: 4 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (11.4 x 10 x 10 cm) d: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm) e: 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm) f: 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (10 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Maria L. Emmons Fund, 2015.80a-f. Creative Commons-BY
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Manufacturer
Title
Nested Blocks, Model 482
Date
ca. 1935
Medium
Wood, pigment, paper
Classification
Dimensions
a: 4 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (12.5 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm) b: 4 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (12.1 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm) c: 4 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (11.4 x 10 x 10 cm) d: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm) e: 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm) f: 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (10 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm)
Markings
Box, priinted in red: Front Top: "Holgate Educational Toys/No 482/ Nested Blocks/ Made by/Holgate Brothers Company, Kane, Established 'since 1789' "; Front: " 482 Holgate/ Nested Blocks" Blocks, underside, remains of a gold and black printed circular label: " USA/ TJS [?]
Credit Line
Maria L. Emmons Fund
Accession Number
2015.80a-f
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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