Triptych showing a young boy's portrait tinted blue with labels "Blue", "Black", and "Boy".

Photographs

Blue Black Boy

1987–1988

Medium
Three gelatin silver prints with transfer type and frame
Dimensions
Overall: 16 7/8 × 49 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (42.9 × 125.7 × 3.8 cm)
Accession number
2001.257a-d
Acquired
2001
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee
Reproduction credit
©️ Carrie Mae Weems
Edition
Exhibition print | Edition unknown, AP
Department
collection

About this work

Carrie Mae Weems, Blue Black Boy, 1987–1988. Three gelatin silver prints with transfer type and frame, overall: 16 7/8 × 49 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (42.9 × 125.7 × 3.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2001.257a-d. ©️ Carrie Mae Weems

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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