Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Sacrifice of the Watermelon Virgin or Shirt Off Her Back 1987 Barkley Hendricks, American, born 1945. Published by Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia. Color offset lithograph Currently not on view 2009-61-36 Gift of the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt, 2009 |
LabelHendricks is best known for his forthright, life-sized portrait paintings that focus on identity, style, and attitude. His subjects are typically people who are generally misrepresented, unacknowledged, or otherwise underappreciated by society at large. This concern carries over, albeit in a sardonic rather than affirmative way, in this print, with its blatant allusions to racial stereotypes and slurs. |
