Umqela Nombhaco (Beautification scar) from The Self Portrait Project (2007/2013)
Nomusa Makhubu, South African, born 1984
2014
Archival digital print on 35 gsm Hanhnemule cotton photo museum paper
AP
Image: 20 1/4 × 13 7/16 in. (51.5 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/16 × 16 9/16 in. (59.6 × 42.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
2014.58.4
Geography/Culture
Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Classification
Africa
Photograph
Not on view
Inscription
Signed, lower left, in graphite: NOMUSA MAKHUBU; inscribed, lower center, in graphite: UMQELA NOMBHACO (2007/2013); inscribed, lower right, in graphite: AP
Course History
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
Inventory: New Works and Conversations around African Art, Friends Gallery/Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 16-March 13, 2016.
Provenance
Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa; sold to present collection, 2014.
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