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](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CMW-0203-Framed.jpg)
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
![Framed artwork showing a soft-focus blue-toned portrait overlayed with blue, yellow, green, and red color blocks.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CMW-0121-Framed-updated-1272x900.jpg)
Carrie Mae Weems, Color Real and Imagined, 2014
archival inkjet print with silkscreened color blocks, 38-7/8 x 54-7/8 inches (framed) [98.7 x 139.4. cm], edition of 10 + 2 APs
![Color image of boarded up store front with paint splotches covering graffiti in black frame](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CMW-0187-Framed.jpg)
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](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CMW-0157-Framed.jpg)
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](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CMW-0155-Framed-Large.jpg)
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
![Two framed blue-toned, soft-focus photographs, one depicting a boy in a hat and hooded sweatshirt facing forward, and one in profile.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CMW-0139-Framed-1440x873.jpg)
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], edition of 5 + 2APs
![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.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CMW-0132-771x900.jpg)
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
![Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves and top hat wearing a mask depicting a zebra](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CMW-0177-Framed-mock-660x900.jpg)
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](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CMW-0180-Framed-mock-640x900.jpg)
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
![Four framed artworks of black and white storefronts framed by text panels](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CMW-0114-1440x685.jpg)
Carrie Mae Weems, 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] , edition of 10
![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.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CMW-0101-1440x474.jpg)
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], 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.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CMW-0104-Framed-752x900.jpg)
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
![Three framed color photographs of a young Black man with eyes closed, covering his ears, and covering his mouth](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CMW-0119-Framed-1440x520.jpg)
Carrie Mae Weems, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, 1990-1991
three digital chromogenic prints, 24-7/8 x 20-7/8 inches (each framed) [63.2 x 53 cm], edition of 3 + 2 APs
![Black and white photograph of a women turned away from the camera gazing at a wilting tree in a studio framed in black](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CMW-0203-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C808&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Framed artwork showing a soft-focus blue-toned portrait overlayed with blue, yellow, green, and red color blocks.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CMW-0121-Framed-updated.jpg?fit=675%2C478&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Carrie Mae WeemsColor Real and Imagined
2014
archival inkjet print with silkscreened color blocks, 38-7/8 x 54-7/8 inches (framed) [98.7 x 139.4. cm], edition of 10 + 2 APs
![Color image of boarded up store front with paint splotches covering graffiti in black frame](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CMW-0187-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C459&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Black and white photograph of a figure in all black looking at concrete wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CMW-0157-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C793&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Black and white photograph of a figure in black looking at a pyramid within a city from the crosswalk framed in black](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CMW-0155-Framed-Large.jpg?fit=675%2C793&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Two framed blue-toned, soft-focus photographs, one depicting a boy in a hat and hooded sweatshirt facing forward, and one in profile.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CMW-0139-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C409&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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], edition of 5 + 2APs
![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.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CMW-0132.jpg?fit=675%2C788&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves and top hat wearing a mask depicting a zebra](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CMW-0177-Framed-mock.jpg?fit=675%2C921&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Framed black and white photograph of suited figure with white gloves wearing a mask depicting a donkey](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CMW-0180-Framed-mock.jpg?fit=675%2C949&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Four framed artworks of black and white storefronts framed by text panels](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CMW-0114.jpg?fit=675%2C321&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Carrie Mae WeemsUntitled (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] , edition of 10
![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.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CMW-0101.jpg?fit=675%2C222&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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], 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.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CMW-0104-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C808&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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
![Three framed color photographs of a young Black man with eyes closed, covering his ears, and covering his mouth](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CMW-0119-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C244&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Carrie Mae WeemsSee No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
1990-1991
three digital chromogenic prints, 24-7/8 x 20-7/8 inches (each framed) [63.2 x 53 cm], edition of 3 + 2 APs