Prayer Meeting

Object Details

Artist
Roderick Turner
Date
c. 1987
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
13 9/16 × 17 1/16 in. (34.5 × 43.3 cm)
Caption
A central figure presses their hands together in prayer and kneels behind a basin, while at least seven others form a semi-circle around them. Some are depicted in detail: one smiling woman kneels and bows her head, another raises both hands exuberantly in the air, while others are represented by dark silhouettes. As the viewer peers through an opening in the blankets hung between trees in this makeshift place of worship, she bears witness to the determination and ingenuity motivating African American spiritual practices. Washington, DC artist Roderick Turner was commissioned to draw this image for the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum’s 1987– 1988 exhibition on Black churches titled “Climbing Jacob’s Ladder.”
Accession Number
2014.0031.0002
Type
drawing
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Anacostia Community Museum Collection
Data Source
Anacostia Community Museum
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl85a165c4b-67ca-4a1e-b12c-9b3457e3021d
Record ID
acm_2014.0031.0002
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