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4 Black Barbras

Deborah Kass

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
MEDIUM Silkscreen ink on acrylic on canvas
DATES 1993
DIMENSIONS 20 × 24 × 1 in. (50.8 × 61 × 2.5 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed verso on canvas: "D KASS 93"
INSCRIPTIONS Verso on canvas: "4 BLACK BARBRAS / (Jewish Jackie Series)"; "8" [encircled]
ACCESSION NUMBER 2016.37.3
CREDIT LINE Gift of Eileen Harris Norton
PROVENANCE Prior to 2016, provenance not yet documented; by 2016, acquired by Eileen Harris Norton of Santa Monica, CA; December 31, 2016, gift of Eileen Harris Norton to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
CAPTION Deborah Kass (American, born 1952). 4 Black Barbras, 1993. Silkscreen ink on acrylic on canvas, 20 × 24 × 1 in. (50.8 × 61 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eileen Harris Norton, 2016.37.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.37.3_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2016.37.3_PS9.jpg., 2017
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Deborah Kass (American, born 1952). <em>4 Black Barbras</em>, 1993. Silkscreen ink on acrylic on canvas, 20 × 24 × 1 in. (50.8 × 61 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eileen Harris Norton, 2016.37.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.37.3_PS9.jpg)