The Marchioness

Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola Nigerian American, born 1985

Date2016

MediumCharcoal, pastel, and pencil on paper

Dimensionspaper: 77 1/2 × 50 1/2 in. (196.9 × 128.3 cm)
frame: 83 1/4 × 66 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (211.5 × 168 × 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineGift of Pat and Tom Gipson

Object number2026.1.1

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2016; with Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; sold to Pat and Tom Gipson, April 2017; given to the NCMA, 2025.Published ReferencesKim Bell, “Toyin Ojih Odutola: Museum of the African Diaspora” (artforum.com: Toyin Ojih Odutola, 2017), illustrated.

Maria Porges, “A Matter of Fact: Toyin Ojih Odutola at Museum of the African Diaspora.” (Daily Serving. 11 January 2017; Online: Daily Serving - Maria Porges writes on Toyin Ojih Odutola... | Facebook), illustrated.

Toyin Ojih Odutola, Toyin Ojih Odutola: The UmuEze Clan and the House of Obafemi (New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2021), illustrated p. 43-45, p. 162.

Amy Crawford, “Imagining a Different History for Africa Through Art: Toyin Ojih Odutola conjures a world that might have been” (Smithsonian Magazine, September 2021), illustrated.

Ekow Eshun, The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2024), illustrated p. 175.Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, CA, Museum of the African Diaspora, “A Matter of Fact: Toyin Ojih Odutola,” October 26, 2016–April 2, 2017.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–November 28, 2023.

London, National Portrait Gallery, "The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure," February 22–May 19, 2024; Plymouth, England, The Box: June 29–September 29, 2024; Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art: November 9, 2024–February 9, 2025; Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art: March 8–June 29, 2025.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," July 29, 2025–present. Object Rights Statement

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