Three framed panels show a yellow-toned side profile of a girl labeled 'GOLDEN', 'YELLA', and 'GIRL'.

Photographs

Golden Yella Girl

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
2001.258a-d
Acquired
2001
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee
Reproduction credit
©️ Carrie Mae Weems
Edition
AP 1/1
Department
collection

About this work

Carrie Mae Weems, Golden Yella Girl, 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 2001.258a-d. ©️ Carrie Mae Weems

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