The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett)

Details

Rashid Johnson (B. 1977)
The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett)
(i) Lambda print in artist’s frame
(ii) found object, steel, enamel and cinder blocks
photograph: 47.7/8 x 74in. (121.7 x 188cm.)
sculpture: 20.5/8 x 55.1/8 x 17¾in. (52.5 x 140 x 52.5cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is number one from an edition of five

Provenance

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

New York, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, Rashid Johnson. The Dead Lecturer, 2008.

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