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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Kenturah DavisWW-2023-M144841
2023·Illustrated book with 248 letterpress pages, 4 fold-out lithographs, printed endsheets, and running footer; hardcover, bound in blue cloth, with foil-stamped titling on cover and spine; presented in a slipcase with blue cloth edges, spine titling, and printed paper side panels·book, closed: 8 3/4 × 6 7/8 × 1 3/8" (22.3 × 17.5 × 3.5 cm)
Catalogue
- Year
- 2023
- Dimensions
- book, closed: 8 3/4 × 6 7/8 × 1 3/8" (22.3 × 17.5 × 3.5 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern 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
- 2023
- Dimensions
- book, closed: 8 3/4 × 6 7/8 × 1 3/8" (22.3 × 17.5 × 3.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-2023-M144841
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
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- verified
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