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Black and white photograph of a women turned away from the camera gazing at a wilting tree in a studio framed in black

Carrie Mae Weems: Selected Works

Carrie Mae Weems: Selected Works

Over the course of forty years, Carrie Mae Weems has built a body of work incorporating photographs, text, installation, and video, focused on the relationships between personal experience, identity, and class, and the larger systems of power that shape our lives.

Black and white photograph of a women turned away from the camera gazing at a wilting tree in a studio framed in black — Carrie Mae Weems, A Woman Observes, 2008

pigment print, 61-1/2 x 51-1/2 inches (framed) [156.2 x 130.8 cm], edition of 5 + 2APs

Five blue toned circular photographs of varying sizes depict ocean views and are framed in thick black oval frames — Carrie Mae Weems, The Law of Diminishing Returns, 2026

five silver metallic prints framed with convex glass, 119 x 36-5/8 inches (overall installed) [302.3 x 93 cm], edition of 5 + 2 APs

Color image of boarded up store front with paint splotches covering graffiti in black frame — Carrie Mae Weems, Painting the Town #17, 2021

pigment print, 61-1/8 x 90 inches (framed) [155.3 x 228.6 cm], edition of 5

Color image of a purple toned photograph of a performer out of focus framed in black — Carrie Mae Weems, Slow Fade to Black (Katherine Dunham), 2009

pigment print, 49-1/4 x 37 inches (framed) [125.1 x 94 cm], edition of 3

Black and white photograph of a figure in a black dress facing the exterior of a museum framed in black — Carrie Mae Weems, The Legion of Honor, 2006-present

pigment print, 73-1/2 x 61-1/2 inches (framed) [186.7 x 156.2 cm], edition of 5 + 2 APs

Black and white photograph of a figure in a black dress looking at the exterior of a temple framed in black — Carrie Mae Weems, The Jewish Ghetto, 2006

pigment print, 73-1/2 x 61-1/2 inches (framed) , edition of 5

Black and white photograph of a figure dressed in black on wooden platform looking at a wall of clouds — Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled, 2024-25

pigment print on metallic paper, 61-1/8 x 46-1/8 inches (framed) [155.3 x 117.2 cm], edition of 5 + 1AP

Color image of boarded up store front with paint splotches covering graffiti in black frame — Carrie Mae Weems, Painting the Town #3, 2021

pigment print, 58-7/8 x 86-7/8 inches (framed) [149.9 x 221 cm], edition of 5 + 2APs

Black and white photograph of a figure in all black looking at concrete wall — Carrie Mae Weems, Modernism – EUR 1 – Mussolini’s Rome, 2006

digital chromogenic print, 71-1/8 x 61-1/8 inches (framed) [180.7 x 155.3 cm], edition of 5

Black and white photograph of a figure in black looking at a pyramid within a city from the crosswalk framed in black — Carrie Mae Weems, Pyramids of Rome – Ancient Rome, 2006

digital chromogenic print, 71-1/8 x 61-1/8 inches (framed) [180.7 x 155.3 cm], edition of 5

Framed artwork consisting of a column of three adjacent framed photographs and a framed text panel adjacent to the top image. The images depict homes in West Africa, with stairways leading to the tops of homes. — Carrie Mae Weems, Stairways to Heaven, 1993

three gelatin silver prints with text panel, 20-3/4 x 20-3/4 inches (each framed) [52.7 x 52.7 cm], edition of 10 + 2 APs

Image of a framed black and white photograph depicting a solitary black-clad woman walking through the crosswalk toward an imposing building. — Carrie Mae Weems, Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, 2006

digital chromogenic print, 73 x 61 inches (framed) [185.4 x 154.9 cm], edition of 5 + 2APs

Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves and top hat wearing a mask depicting a zebra — Carrie Mae Weems, Missing Link (Happiness), from The Louisiana Series, 2003

pigment print, 41-1/4 x 29-1/4 inches (framed) [104.8 x 74.3 cm], edition of 6

Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves wearing a mask depicting a donkey — Carrie Mae Weems, Missing Link (Liberty), from The Louisiana Series, 2003

pigment print, 41-1/4 x 29-1/4 inches (framed) [104.8 x 74.3 cm], edition of 6

Framed black and white photograph of three people seated on a pedestal lit by a spotlight in a darkened room — Carrie Mae Weems, Mourning, 2008

pigment print, 61-1/2 x 51-1/2 inches (framed) [156.2 x 130.8 cm], edition of 5

Black and white photograph of a women turned away from the camera gazing at a wilting tree in a studio framed in black

Carrie Mae WeemsA Woman Observes

2008

pigment print, 61-1/2 x 51-1/2 inches (framed) [156.2 x 130.8 cm], edition of 5 + 2APs

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Five blue toned circular photographs of varying sizes depict ocean views and are framed in thick black oval frames

Carrie Mae WeemsThe Law of Diminishing Returns

2026

five silver metallic prints framed with convex glass, 119 x 36-5/8 inches (overall installed) [302.3 x 93 cm], edition of 5 + 2 APs

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Color image of boarded up store front with paint splotches covering graffiti in black frame

Carrie Mae WeemsPainting the Town #17

2021

pigment print, 61-1/8 x 90 inches (framed) [155.3 x 228.6 cm], edition of 5

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Color image of a purple toned photograph of a performer out of focus framed in black

Carrie Mae WeemsSlow Fade to Black (Katherine Dunham)

2009

pigment print, 49-1/4 x 37 inches (framed) [125.1 x 94 cm], edition of 3

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Black and white photograph of a figure in a black dress looking at the exterior of a temple framed in black

Carrie Mae WeemsThe Jewish Ghetto

2006

pigment print, 73-1/2 x 61-1/2 inches (framed) , edition of 5

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Black and white photograph of a figure dressed in black on wooden platform looking at a wall of clouds

Carrie Mae WeemsUntitled

2024-25

pigment print on metallic paper, 61-1/8 x 46-1/8 inches (framed) [155.3 x 117.2 cm], edition of 5 + 1AP

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Color image of boarded up store front with paint splotches covering graffiti in black frame

Carrie Mae WeemsPainting the Town #3

2021

pigment print, 58-7/8 x 86-7/8 inches (framed) [149.9 x 221 cm], edition of 5 + 2APs

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Black and white photograph of a figure in all black looking at concrete wall

Carrie Mae WeemsModernism – EUR 1 – Mussolini’s Rome

2006

digital chromogenic print, 71-1/8 x 61-1/8 inches (framed) [180.7 x 155.3 cm], edition of 5

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Black and white photograph of a figure in black looking at a pyramid within a city from the crosswalk framed in black

Carrie Mae WeemsPyramids of Rome – Ancient Rome

2006

digital chromogenic print, 71-1/8 x 61-1/8 inches (framed) [180.7 x 155.3 cm], edition of 5

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Framed artwork consisting of a column of three adjacent framed photographs and a framed text panel adjacent to the top image. The images depict homes in West Africa, with stairways leading to the tops of homes.

Carrie Mae WeemsStairways to Heaven

1993

three gelatin silver prints with text panel, 20-3/4 x 20-3/4 inches (each framed) [52.7 x 52.7 cm], edition of 10 + 2 APs

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Image of a framed black and white photograph depicting a solitary black-clad woman walking through the crosswalk toward an imposing building.

Carrie Mae WeemsGalleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna

2006

digital chromogenic print, 73 x 61 inches (framed) [185.4 x 154.9 cm], edition of 5 + 2APs

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Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves and top hat wearing a mask depicting a zebra

Carrie Mae WeemsMissing Link (Happiness), from The Louisiana Series

2003

pigment print, 41-1/4 x 29-1/4 inches (framed) [104.8 x 74.3 cm], edition of 6

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Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves wearing a mask depicting a donkey

Carrie Mae WeemsMissing Link (Liberty), from The Louisiana Series

2003

pigment print, 41-1/4 x 29-1/4 inches (framed) [104.8 x 74.3 cm], edition of 6

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Framed black and white photograph of three people seated on a pedestal lit by a spotlight in a darkened room

Carrie Mae WeemsMourning

2008

pigment print, 61-1/2 x 51-1/2 inches (framed) [156.2 x 130.8 cm], edition of 5

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