About The Work
This photograph pictures sculptor Simone Leigh's first porcelain cowrie-like sculpture, which she executed in 2011. The cowrie shell has historically carried monetary, religious, and decorative functions, particularly in Africa and Asia, as well as references to fertility and femininity.
About Simone Leigh
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Color photograph made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper
16.00 x 20.00 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm
This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, and an artist signed label on verso.
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About The Work
This photograph pictures sculptor Simone Leigh's first porcelain cowrie-like sculpture, which she executed in 2011. The cowrie shell has historically carried monetary, religious, and decorative functions, particularly in Africa and Asia, as well as references to fertility and femininity.
About Simone Leigh
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: 'Her art resonated in my heart and my core' - Venus Williams recalls seeing her first Simone Leigh artwork
- Interviews & Features: 10 surprisingly affordable high-flex works
- Interviews & Features: Get To Know Simone Leigh, The Artist Representing America in Venice in 2022
- Art 101: "What I'd Buy This June" : Artspace's Advisor Shares the Artworks in Her Cart
- News & Events: Acquire These 8 Artworks by Whitney Biennial Artists
- This print contains a border as dictated by the artist to allow for framing. The quoted dimensions are for the paper size.
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