Janet Olivia Henry

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Frame: 12 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (31.1 × 35.9 cm) Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (17.1 × 23.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

1983 · Mixed-media installation with “the artist” (doll of Lieutenant Uhura from 'Star Trek'), “the curator” (doll of Spanky from 'Our Gang' with a 1960s Barbie wig), and miniatures of an easel, two wooden melon crates, stretching canvas instructions, sousaphone, bottle of Evian water, goblet, corkscrew, wine bottle, lamp, loaf of bread, wooden kitchen cabinet, rice cooker, folding chair, kitchen sink, vegetables, fruit, red shelves, paper towels, cans, bottles, kente cloth rug, nightstand, radio, frog, hair dryer, dictionary, juju box with brass light bulb, hand mirror, perfume bottle, red bra, flash light, bracelets, espadrille, wire hangers, futon, clothes, book, trunk, pillow, a stack of newspapers, hen, refrigerator, straw fruit basket, woodburning stove, kettle, frying pan, coffee table, kerosene lamp, ashtray, tumbler, Barcelona® couch, sneakers, and oil pastel and colored pencil drawings on brown rice paper

14 × 19 7/16 × 21 7/16" (35.6 × 49.4 × 54.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1981 · Gelatin silver print

Frame: 12 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (31.1 × 35.9 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art