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Contending with Contingency III
Kenturah DavisWW-2021-529803
2021·Carbon pencil over debossed text with graphite on wove paper, in nine parts·87 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 1/2 in. (222.3 × 336.6 cm)
Purchase, Amy and John Griffin Gift, 2023
Catalogue
- Year
- 2021
- Dimensions
- 87 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 1/2 in. (222.3 × 336.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Kenturah Davis
Artist
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Kenturah Davis
Kenturah Davis is an American artist based in New Haven, Connecticut, known for densely layered portraits rendered by stamping individual letters and words directly onto paper and canvas, building figurative images from accumulated text. Her graphite and oil-based works fuse portraiture with language, treating written words as both mark-making tool and conceptual substrate. Her work has been exhibited at the California African American Museum. This profile will be expanded as more verified source material becomes available.
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- Kenturah Davis
- Year
- 2021
- Dimensions
- 87 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 1/2 in. (222.3 × 336.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-2021-529803
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified