Self-Portrait as Henry Box Brown

Wilmer Wilson IV

2012

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Mrs. Tracy Jones, Gordon Parks, silver print
Wood cut out of a female figure mounted on a wood base. Figure is covered in faces and base is covered with text, some of which has been ripped off.
Abstract figure with striped tights like a jester, also donning jester-like shoes that have the same striped pattern. The figure’s upper body is rendered with three limbs extending from the top, two of which contain the striped jester hat. The figure is also male, which is indicated by his penis.
Stiletto, Rosalie Pettus Price, pencil on paper