A young black woman sits at a desk with her fists under her chin, political posters and a telephone visible.

Photographs

Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary

1988

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 15 3/8 × 15 7/16 in. (39.1 × 39.2 cm)
Accession number
92.13
Acquired
1992
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee
Reproduction credit
©️ Carrie Mae Weems
Edition
1/5
Department
collection

About this work

Carrie Mae Weems, Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary, 1988. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 15 3/8 × 15 7/16 in. (39.1 × 39.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 92.13. ©️ Carrie Mae Weems

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