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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Matthew Fontaine, Maury Plinth, Richmond, Virginia

Matthew Fontaine, Maury Plinth, Richmond, Virginia

2020
(American, b. 1982)
America
inkjet print
Image: 45.7 x 34.2 cm (18 x 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
The Julius L. Greenfield Photography Acquisition Fund 2021.106.3
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Protests spurred by the death of George Floyd led to the removal of a number of Confederate monuments in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020.

Description

Until July 2, 2020, this plinth held two bronze statues that constituted the Pathfinder of the Seas monument honoring oceanographer and Confederate States Navy officer Matthew Fontaine Maury. It was one of many statues commemorating Confederate heroes along Richmond’s Monument Avenue. In early June, protesters had toppled a statue of Confederacy president Jefferson Davis. In July, the mayor ordered the removal of the remaining Confederate monuments on city-owned land.
  • 2020-2021
    Kris Graves (the artist) [1982-], New York, NY
    2021
    (Sasha Wolf Projects, New York, NY)
    June 7, 2021
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.106.3