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Afrodesia and Mira Gandy

1971
(American, b. 1947)
America, 20th century
linocut on Color-aid paper
Sheet: 30.5 x 29.2 cm (12 x 11 1/2 in.)
Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.287
© Dindga McCannon
State: Unique
Edition: 5/20
Location: not on view
This artwork is known to be under copyright.

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Dindga McCannon studied at the Art Students League in New York, where artist Jacob Lawrence was her mentor.

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.
Afrodesia and Mira Gandy

Afrodesia and Mira Gandy

1971

Dindga McCannon

(American, b. 1947)
America, 20th century

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