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Artist Carl Beam (Ojibwe (Anishnaabe), 1943 - 2005)

Date1998

MediumMixed media

Dimensions12” x 15 1/4”

SignedLower right in pencil: Carl Beam; Carl Beam embossed seal lower left.

Credit LineGift of Sheldon Kumer

Object numberNA1999.032.MPS

DescriptionAbove, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling image of God and Adam’s hands reaching towards one another. Below, image of a holy card of the Christ Child on the left. On the right, an archival photograph of a Southwest Pueblo woman in traditional dress with a pot on her shoulder. Background, pale gray wash at the top with one long streak down the center dividing the two lower pictures; two streaks along the outer right and left edges. Two splotches with streaks on the lower right, and other random drips throughout.

ClassificationsMixed Media

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