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Dawoud Bey, Carrie I, 1997

Images of Dawoud Bey, Carrie I

  • Six photographs are arranged in a rectangle. Together, they show a young woman sitting in a wooden chair, her knees to her chest, and her hands clasped at her ankles.
  • In this photograph, a cropped view of orange-and-white sneakers, denim pants, and tan-skinned hands suggests that someone just out of view is hugging their legs while sitting.
Six photographs are arranged in a rectangle. Together, they show a young woman sitting in a wooden chair, her knees to her chest, and her hands clasped at her ankles.
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
In this photograph, a cropped view of orange-and-white sneakers, denim pants, and tan-skinned hands suggests that someone just out of view is hugging their legs while sitting.
Dawoud Bey, American, b. 1953
Carrie I, 1997
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Si× parts, each: 30 ¾ × 23 3/8 in. (78.1 × 59.4 cm); installed: 61 ½ × 70 1/8 in. (156.2 × 178.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Jane and Gary Wilner, Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt, Lynn and Allen Turner, James Reynolds, Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, and members of the New Group, 2002.80.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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