Artworks

Sisters II (L: Nefertiti’s daughter Merytaten, R: Devonia’s daughter Candace), from the "Miscegenated Family Album", 1980/1988

  • Artist

    Lorraine O'Grady

  • Title

    Sisters II (L: Nefertiti’s daughter Merytaten, R: Devonia’s daughter Candace), from the "Miscegenated Family Album"

  • Date

    1980/1988

  • Medium

    Silver dye bleach photograph (Cibachrome)

  • Dimensions

    Image (each): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Frame: 27 1/4 × 38 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (69.2 × 97.2 × 4.4 cm)

  • Edition

    Edition of 8, + 3 APs AP 2/3

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Peg Alston

  • Object Number

    2010.19.2

In the “Miscegenated Family Album” series, Lorraine O’Grady subtly mourns and reconciles the estranged relationship that preceded the untimely death of her sister, Devonia. Inspired by a trip to Egypt, O’Grady built on the physical resemblances she saw between Devonia and the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. In the series of sixteen diptychs, paired images of the two, or of members of their respective families, are juxtaposed to create a narrative addressing complicated understandings of skin tone and the social realities of interracial marriage.


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Artworks

Sisters II (L: Nefertiti’s daughter Merytaten, R: Devonia’s daughter Candace), from the "Miscegenated Family Album", 1980/1988

  • Artist

    Lorraine O'Grady

  • Title

    Sisters II (L: Nefertiti’s daughter Merytaten, R: Devonia’s daughter Candace), from the "Miscegenated Family Album"

  • Date

    1980/1988

  • Medium

    Silver dye bleach photograph (Cibachrome)

  • Dimensions

    Image (each): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Frame: 27 1/4 × 38 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (69.2 × 97.2 × 4.4 cm)

  • Edition

    Edition of 8, + 3 APs AP 2/3

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Peg Alston

  • Object Number

    2010.19.2

In the “Miscegenated Family Album” series, Lorraine O’Grady subtly mourns and reconciles the estranged relationship that preceded the untimely death of her sister, Devonia. Inspired by a trip to Egypt, O’Grady built on the physical resemblances she saw between Devonia and the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. In the series of sixteen diptychs, paired images of the two, or of members of their respective families, are juxtaposed to create a narrative addressing complicated understandings of skin tone and the social realities of interracial marriage.


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