[AFRICAN AMERICANA - FINE ART]. WEEMS, Carrie Mae (b. 1953). Then What? Photographs and Folklore. [New York: CEPA Gallery, 1990].

Square 4to. Comprising eight tri-fold leaves reprinting photographs by Weems with text. Loose as issued in original cloth portfolio.

FIRST EDITION, published to accompany her exhibition which ran from 17 February to 23 March 1990 at CEPA gallery. Weems photographs explore race, class, family, and gender identity. In the early 1990s, Weems rose to prominence with her "Kitchen Table" series of black-and-white photographs that undermined the tropes of African American life and womanhood.

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - FINE ART]. WEEMS, Carrie Mae (b. 1953). Then What? Photographs and Folklore. [New York: CEPA Gallery, 1990].

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[AFRICAN AMERICANA - FINE ART]. WEEMS, Carrie Mae (b. 1953). Then What? Photographs and Folklore. [New York: CEPA Gallery, 1990].

[AFRICAN AMERICANA - FINE ART]. WEEMS, Carrie Mae (b. 1953). Then What? Photographs and Folklore. [New York: CEPA Gallery, 1990].

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[AFRICAN AMERICANA - FINE ART]. WEEMS, Carrie Mae (b. 1953). Then What? Photographs and Folklore. [New York: CEPA Gallery, 1990].

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - FINE ART]. WEEMS, Carrie Mae (b. 1953). Then What? Photographs and Folklore. [New York: CEPA Gallery, 1990].