Artwork Page for Emma Amos

Details / Information for Emma Amos

Series Title: The Gift

Emma Amos

1990–94

Emma Amos

(American, 1937–2020)
View all records in artwork set
Culture
America
Medium
watercolor
Measurements
Sheet: 66.7 x 50.2 cm (26 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2023.126.12
Copyright
© Emma Amos; Courtesy of RYAN LEE Gallery, New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
?

Did You Know?

Emma Amos includes a self-portrait and a portrait of her daughter India in this work.

Description

The Gift comprises forty-eight individual watercolor portraits of women artists, writers, and curators in Emma Amos’s community in New York in the early 1990s. The women pictured belong to different generations and are from a range of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Amos created the work as a gift for her daughter India, on the occasion of India’s twentieth birthday.
A vertically oriented watercolor painting in broad brushstrokes of gray, black, and pale blue depicts a person from the chest up, turning toward our right. They have voluminous, curly dark hair and gaze in that direction with a closed mouth. The figure wears a dark, wide-necked top against light-colored paper. A handwritten signature and date are inscribed in the bottom right corner.

Emma Amos

1990–94

Emma Amos

(American, 1937–2020)
America

See Also

Visually Similar by AI

    Contact Us

    The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please fill out the appropriate request form linked below:

    Update or Correct Artwork Information

    Imagery or Rights for Non-Open-Access Artworks

    Report a Website Issue

    Further Questions About This Artwork