Purple
Date
2017
Artist
John Akomfrah CBE, British, b. Accra, Ghana, 1957
Provenance
Lisson Gallery, London, to 13 August 2021
Collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, with funds provided by the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2021; and Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston with funds provided through the generosity of the Acquisitions Circle and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, 2021
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "John Akomfrah: Purple," 23 November 2022-7 January 2024, no cat.
Published References
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 356, p. 372.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, with funds provided by the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2021; and Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston with funds provided through the generosity of the Acquisitions Circle and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, 2021
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
2021.013
Type
Video
Medium
Six-channel video; color; sound
Dimensions
running time: 01:02:00
