Head Shot
Artist
Joyce J. Scott
(American, born 1948)
CultureAmerican
Date2008
MediumGlass beads and mold-blown glass with thread and bullet casings
Dimensions18 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in., 3 lb. (47 × 11.4 × 11.4 cm, 1.4 kg)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2016.36.2
Not on view
Label TextJoyce Scott
American, born 1948
Head Shot, 2008
Glass beads and mold-blown glass with thread and bullet casings
18 ½ x 4 ½ x 4 ½ inches
Museum purchase 2016.36.2
ProvenanceFrom the artist to her representing gallery, the Goya Contemporary Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. Purchased from the Goya Contemporary Gallery in December 2016 by the museum.Exhibition History"Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths," Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, October 22, 2017 - April 1, 2018.
"Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.
“Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, March 24 – July 14, 2024; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, October 17, 2024 – January 20, 2025.
Published ReferencesLowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims, _Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths_, (Hamilton, New Jersey: Grounds for Sculpture, 2018), pg. 76-77, fig. 37.
Catharina Manchanda and Cecilia Wichmann, eds., _Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams_ (New Haven: Yale University Press with Seattle Art Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art, 2024) 111, plate 75.
ca. 1920
