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Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photography by Max Yawney.
The Enforcer
ArtistJeffrey Gibson(b. 1972)
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, born 1972
Date2024
MediumCeramic, glass beads, plastic beads, nylon grosgrain ribbon, tin jingles, nylon thread, canvas, acrylic felt, and cold rolled mild steel on a steel plate
Dimensions84 x 40 x 24 in. (213.4 x 101.6 x 61 cm)
Inscription(s)in beadwork: THE / RE / CON / STRUC / TION / ACTS / 1865 / 1868 / 1870
verso, in beadwork: THE / EN / FORCE / MENT / ACTS / 1870-71
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2025.1
ClassificationSculpture
Provenance(Stephen Friedman Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2025
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 3.1× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.
