Untitled (The Trail and the River), 2022
Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953
2023
Gelatin silver print on Ilford 255 gsm Baryta paper
7/12 (Edition of 12, plus 3 APs)
Image: 17 5/8 × 21 15/16 in. (44.8 × 55.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 23 13/16 in. (50.2 × 60.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe 2015 Fund, the Virginia and Preston T. Kelsey 1958 Fund, and the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund
© Dawoud Bey
2025.24.2.3
Portfolio / Series Title
Stony the Road
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
American History
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, on reverse, lower left, in graphite; 7 / 12
Label
A path curves along the water that can be glimpsed through the trees, but this idyllic landscape belies the history of the area. The path was made as the ground was tamped down by the feet of many of the 350,000 enslaved Africans who arrived on the shores of Virginia between 1830 and 1860. After months of being held on ships, they were taken from the boats and forced to walk three miles through the woods to the slave markets, where they would be sold as human chattel.
From the 2026 exhibition Inhabiting Historical Time: Slavery and Its Afterlives, curated by Amelia Kahl (Barbara C. & Harvey P. Hood 1918 Senior Curator of Academic Programming) and Alisa Swindell (Associate Curator of Photography)
Exhibition History
Inhabiting Historical Time: Slavery and Its Afterlives, Jaffe and Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 20, 2025 - July 11, 2026.
Provenance
Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2023; sold to present collection, 2025.
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