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Mama

1966
(American, b. 1941)
gelatin silver print
Image: 22.2 x 16.2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.); Paper: 22.2 x 16.2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.); Mounted: 35.4 x 27.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2022.100
Location: not on view
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Mama shows us the artist’s mother, Veona Brooks-Mannas, at fifty-four.

Description

Veona Brooks-Mannas gave birth to eight children and raised thirteen. Her son depicts her as a strong and riveting figure, filling the frame and accorded the importance appropriate to a mother in the eyes of her children. He tempers this strength through slightly soft focus, a grainy printing technique, and an emphasis in her skin and hair on the beauty of the blacks and highlights of the silvery photo paper.
Mama

Mama

1966

James Mannas

(American, b. 1941)

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