◇ After
Frederick Douglass (the standard late-life bust portrait) · 19th-century studio photograph, photographer unattributed
Bust portrait of an elderly man, the swept-back white mane and full beard of the late-life studio photographs, a knotted tie at the collar. Beside his jaw, a green-gloved fist raised in the Black Power salute, a century out of its time.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
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