Portrait of Soukeyna Diouf
<p>Kehinde Wiley, <em>Portrait of Soukeyna Diouf</em>, 2022. Oil on linen, with frame, overall: 106 × 73 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (269.2 × 187.3 × 9.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee, Kemal Has and Tala Cingillioglu, Jim Gray, Joel S. Pizzuti, the Wallace, Elizabeth, and Isabella Wong Family Foundation, Evelyne Aikman and Adam Forste, Adam and Stephanie Rogers, an anonymous donor, and Sean and Mary Kelly 2024.332a-b</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2022
- Medium
- Oil on linen, with frame
- Dimensions
- Overall: 106 × 73 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (269.2 × 187.3 × 9.2 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Kehinde Wiley
Artist
Painting
Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of Black subjects that reference the work of Old Master paintings. In 2017, Wiley was commissioned to paint former U.S. President Barack Obama's portrait for the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. The Columbus Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007 and describes his paintings as "heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture."
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- Kehinde Wiley
- Year
- 2022
- Medium
- Oil on linen, with frame
- Dimensions
- Overall: 106 × 73 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (269.2 × 187.3 × 9.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-2022-166718
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified