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

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.

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]

Carrie Mae Weems, All the Boys (Profile 1), 2016

two archival pigment prints, 61-1/2 x 47-1/2 inches (each framed) [156.2 x 120.7 cm]

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]

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]

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]

Three framed black and white photographs. In the first, an African American woman stands silhouetted in a doorway; in the second, an African-American man appears outside of the door; in the third, the two embrace, silhouetted in the doorway. — Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Black Love), 1990-92

three gelatin silver prints, 28-1/8 x 28-1/8 inches (each framed) [71.4 x 71.4 cm]

Four framed artworks of black and white storefronts framed by text panels — Diane Arbus, Untitled (Peanuts), 1992

two gelatin silver prints and two silkscreened text panels on paper, 20-7/8 x 20-7/8 inches (each framed) [53 x 53 cm], approx. 83 inches long installed (overall) [210.8 cm]

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]

Framed black and white photograph of women in black dress on cobblestone steps with her back to the viewer — Carrie Mae Weems, Rock of Ages

digital chromogenic print, 26-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (framed) [66.7 x 56.5 cm]

Framed black and white photograph of a women in a black dress facing away from viewer amongst a cobblestoned town square — Carrie Mae Weems, Piazza del Popolo I – Ancient Rome, 2006

digital chromogenic print, 26-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (framed) [66.7 x 56.5 cm]

A grid of 15 framed maroon toned photographs hanging on grey walls — Carrie Mae Weems, And 22 Million Very Tired and Very Angry People, 1991 / printed 2022

fifteen pigment prints, 30 x 25 inches (each framed) [76.2 x 63.5 cm]

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]

Carrie Mae WeemsAll the Boys (Profile 1)

2016

two archival pigment prints, 61-1/2 x 47-1/2 inches (each framed) [156.2 x 120.7 cm]

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]

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]

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]

Three framed black and white photographs. In the first, an African American woman stands silhouetted in a doorway; in the second, an African-American man appears outside of the door; in the third, the two embrace, silhouetted in the doorway.

Carrie Mae WeemsUntitled (Black Love)

1990-92

three gelatin silver prints, 28-1/8 x 28-1/8 inches (each framed) [71.4 x 71.4 cm]

Four framed artworks of black and white storefronts framed by text panels

Diane ArbusUntitled (Peanuts)

1992

two gelatin silver prints and two silkscreened text panels on paper, 20-7/8 x 20-7/8 inches (each framed) [53 x 53 cm], approx. 83 inches long installed (overall) [210.8 cm]

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]

Framed black and white photograph of women in black dress on cobblestone steps with her back to the viewer

Carrie Mae WeemsRock of Ages

digital chromogenic print, 26-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (framed) [66.7 x 56.5 cm]

Framed black and white photograph of a women in a black dress facing away from viewer amongst a cobblestoned town square

Carrie Mae WeemsPiazza del Popolo I – Ancient Rome

2006

digital chromogenic print, 26-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (framed) [66.7 x 56.5 cm]

A grid of 15 framed maroon toned photographs hanging on grey walls

Carrie Mae WeemsAnd 22 Million Very Tired and Very Angry People

1991 / printed 2022

fifteen pigment prints, 30 x 25 inches (each framed) [76.2 x 63.5 cm]