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Descending the Throne You Became Foot Soldier & Cook
Creator
Carrie Mae WeemsAmerican Photographer · 1953–present
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- 1995–1996
- Medium
- Chromogenic print with etched glass
- Culture
- American
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- f1678fd7-938a-4eab-80a0-edab2b101c6d
Red-toned portrait of a man with a bushy white beard and moustache wearing a hat. His jacket is adorned with bows and buttons pinned to the sleeves and lapels. Sand-blasted text etched on glass reading "DESCENDING THE THRONE YOU BECAME FOOT SOLDIER & COOK" hovers over the image.
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