Penelope: The Folks on Coffee Hill
Artist
Rein Whitt-Pritchette
(1944 Los Angeles, California - 2024 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1980
Mediumserigraph on paper, ed. 23/65
DimensionsOverall: 32 x 22 in. (81.3 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, Trust and Agency funds
Object numberPC2002.69.4
DescriptionA color print of an older woman in a dress and red hat standing in front of a wooden structure with abstract gray, blue, and white clouds in the background.The Folks on Coffee Hill is a long-term series of serigraphs by artist Rein Whitt-Pritchette that depict Greek myths featuring contemporary African American individuals as the gods. In this case, Penelope was the wife of Odysseus in Homer's The Odyssey. She was the daughter of Spartan king Icarius, and the mother of Telemachusm, who remained faithful to her husband throughout his absence of twenty years.
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