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A painting depicting a woman with gray-toned skin and long, dark, wavy hair, wearing a bright blue V-neck dress with a high slit and a cinched waist. She stands with her left hand on her hip against a solid blue background, wearing a gold cross necklace and light blue teardrop earrings.

Amy Sherald. Breonna Taylor. 2020. The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, purchase made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation; and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchase made possible by a gift from Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg/The Hearthland Foundation

A painting depicting a woman with gray-toned skin and long, dark, wavy hair, wearing a bright blue V-neck dress with a high slit and a cinched waist. She stands with her left hand on her hip against a solid blue background, wearing a gold cross necklace and light blue teardrop earrings.

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Art Object Info

Amy Sherald
(1973)

Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
Depth: 2 1/2"
Width: 43"
Height: 54"
Date:
2020
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, purchase made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation; and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchase made possible by a gift from Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg/The Hearthland Foundation BMA

Breonna Taylor

Amy Sherald
(1973)
Date:
2020
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
Depth: 2 1/2"
Width: 43"
Height: 54"
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, purchase made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation; and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchase made possible by a gift from Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg/The Hearthland Foundation BMA