Contemporary
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Betye Saar. American, born 1926
Ancestral Spirit Chair, 1992
Painted wood branches, glass, bones, plastic, metal and dried creeper vine
Purchased with the proceeds from the sale of a work donated by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Rittmaster (Sylvian Goodkind, class of 1937) in 1958 and with funds realized from the sale of a work donated by Adeline Flint Wing, class of 1898, and Caroline Roberta Wing, class of 1896, in 1961
ID Number: SC 1992:42a-c
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Cao Fei, with Vitamin Creative Space. Chinese, born Guangzhou, born 1978
The Birth of RMB City, 2009
Single channel color video with sound, duration: 10.5 minutes
Gift of the Contemporary Associates, Smith College Museum of Art
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Lesley Dill. American, Born 1950
Paper Poem Torso (Exhilaration Is Within), 1993
Mixed media with thread on rice paper
Purchased with the Janet Wright Ketcham, class of 1953, Acquisition Fund
ID Number: SC 1994:16
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Saira Wasim. Pakistani, Born 1975
Buzkashi from the series Musharaff, 2003-2004
Gouache and gold on wasli paper
Purchased with the Josephine A. Stein, class of 1927, Fund in honor of the class of 1927
ID Number: SC 2004:25
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Susan Hiller. USA, Lives and works in London, Born 1940
The Last Silent Movie, 2008
Installation with single-channel video and portfolio of 24 etchings on 270 gsm. Moulin de Gué (Rives de Lin) paper
Edition 3 + 1 AP
Purchased with the Janet Wright Ketcham, class of 1953, Fund
ID Number: SC 2010:26-1 th 26
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William Kentridge. South African, Born 1955
Atlas Procession I, 2000
Soft-ground etching, aquatint, drypoint, letterpress, and hand painting on BFK Rives paper
Purchased with gifts in memory of Christine Swenson, class of 1972
ID Number: SC 2004:36
