Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves

Various artists/makers

2022–23

Not on view

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Title: Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves
Series/Portfolio: Lore: What We Were Told | What We Saw | What We Tell Ourselves
Artist: Karen J. Revis (American, born 1961)
Artist: Deborah Grayson (American, born 1967)
Artist: Althea Murphy-Price (American, born 1979)
Artist: LaToya M. Hobbs (American, born Little Rock, Arkansas 1983)
Artist: Tanekeya Word (American, active Milwaukee, Wisconsin, born 1983)
Artist: Stephanie Santana (American, born 1984)
Publisher: Black Women of Print
Date: 2022–23
Medium: Portfolio of six triptychs; five loose and one folded, made with a variety of printmaking techniques
Dimensions: Each: 14 × 33 in. (35.6 × 83.8 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Portfolios
Credit Line: John B. Turner Fund, 2023
Object Number: 2023.478.1a–c–.6a–c
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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In Need of Rest, from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves", LaToya M. Hobbs American, Woodcut — In Need of Rest, from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves"
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The Lightworker / The Empath / "The Manifestor," from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves", Deborah Grayson American, Screenprint with oil paint — The Lightworker / The Empath / "The Manifestor," from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves"
Deborah Grayson
Black Women of Print
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Lesson 1: the weeds / Lesson 2: seeds / Lesson 3: puncture, from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves", Althea Murphy-Price American, Screenprint on embossed paper — Lesson 1: the weeds / Lesson 2: seeds / Lesson 3: puncture, from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves"
Althea Murphy-Price
Black Women of Print
2023

"not your great, great grandmother’s fairytale: page one" / "not your great, great grandmother’s fairytale: page two" / "not your great, great grandmother’s fairytale: page three," from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves", Tanekeya Word American, Linocut and monoprint with chine collé and hand painting on embossed paper — "not your great, great grandmother’s fairytale: page one" / "not your great, great grandmother’s fairytale: page two" / "not your great, great grandmother’s fairytale: page three," from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves"
Tanekeya Word
Black Women of Print
2023

Spindled and Spun, from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves", Karen J. Revis American, Linocut and screenprint — Spindled and Spun, from "Lore: What We Were Told / What We Saw / What We Tell Ourselves"
Karen J. Revis
Black Women of Print
2022

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