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Satisfied Man

2015

Kerry James Marshall

(American, b. 1955)
Culture
America
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
Image: 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 1/8 in.); Sheet: 71 x 56 cm (27 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Framed: 80 x 62.9 cm (31 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2019.35
Edition
Edition of 15 with 3 AP
Copyright
© Kerry James Marshall
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Marshall used two different layers of heavy dark ink in order to add a distinctive tactile dimension to the print’s surface.

Description

Satisfied Man is a woodcut print depicting a happy, fulfilled individual. The work’s subject relates to the figurative iconography in Marshall’s widely celebrated paintings. As the artist explains, “it has become clear to me that few images circulate in art of self-satisfied Black subjects. No trauma, no anxiety, not stoic, not an image of dignity, just satisfied.”
A black-and-white woodcut print of a man composed of angular shapes, ink streaking horizontally across the paper. The man smiles, facing us, with a shadow or another silhouette behind. He hugs himself, his head is tilted, and he wears a toothy grin across his face.

Satisfied Man

2015

Kerry James Marshall

(American, b. 1955)
America

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