Slave Narrative 2
Victor Ekpuk, Nigerian, born 1964
2007 / 2015
Graphite and pastel on paper
Overall: 42 × 59 1/2 in. (106.7 × 151.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund, the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund and the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman ’40 Acquisition Fund
2015.28.2
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
21st century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Africa
Drawing
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2016
AAAS 10, Introduction to African American Studies, Trica Keaton, Winter 2020
Gallery Talk: The Embodiment of Language, Winter 2020
SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I and II, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2020
AAAS 10.01, Introduction to African American Studies, Trica Keaton, Spring 2022
SART 27.01, Printmaking I, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk, Kinkead Pavilion, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, January 24 – July 27, 2014; Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 18-August 2, 2015.
Points of View, Art History 2, ARTH 2, Winter 2016, Joy Kenseth and Mary Coffey, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 1-March 13, 2016.
The Embodiment of Language, First Floor Corridor, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-May 24, 2020.
Works on Paper: Studies in Contrast, Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, January 14-April 9, 2023.
Provenance
The artist, Alexandria, Virginia; sold to present collection, 2015.
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