© Emma Amos. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. No…

Identity

Date2006

Artist Emma Amos (American painter, 1937–2020)

Publisher Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions

Printer/Printmaker Randy Hemminghaus (American printmaker, born 1957)

MediumDigital print with hand lithography

Dimensions12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Danielle Rice in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt and Sylvia Sleigh, 2010

Object number2010-30.1

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Collections

African American Artists

ClassificationsPRINT

Label TextEmma Amos is a self-defined “colorist,” referencing the political implications of color in her paintings and prints. Identity is based on an earlier self-portrait in which the artist has created a two-tone complexion. Though a past member of the short-lived but important African American artist collective, Spiral, Amos has consistently challenged limitations of subject matter based on her race and gender.