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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison
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Artist
Deborah Feingold, born 1951
Sitter
Toni Morrison, 18 Feb 1931 - 5 Aug 2019
Date
1998
Type
Photograph
Medium
Chromogenic print on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.5 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Interior
Costume\Stole
Personal Attribute\Teeth
Toni Morrison: Female
Toni Morrison: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize
Toni Morrison: Pulitzer Prize
Toni Morrison: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Deborah Feingold
Object number
NPG.99.TC27.1
Exhibition Label
Born Lorain, Ohio
In her first novel, The Bluest Eye (1970), Toni Morrison used multiple perspectives and a splintered narrative to examine the subjectivities of Black girls who struggle against, and sometimes submit to, the self-loathing that white beauty ideals would have them internalize. Morrison won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Song of Solomon (1977) and the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987). In 1993, when she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the committee described her as an author “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.”
This photograph of Morrison appeared on the cover of Time magazine on January 19, 1998, following the release of her novel Paradise. The book is the final installment of her highly acclaimed trilogy examining post-Civil War Black life, which also includes Beloved and Jazz (1992). In 2012, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Nacida en Lorain, Ohio
En su primera novela, Ojos azules (1970), Toni Morrison empleó múltiples puntos de vista y una narrativa quebrada para examinar las subjetividades de las niñas negras que luchan, y a veces sucumben, ante el autodesprecio que les imponen los ideales de belleza blancos. Morrison ganó el Premio del Círculo Nacional de Críticos Literarios por La canción de Salomón (1977) y el Pulitzer por Beloved (1987). En 1993 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura, cuyo laudo afirma que, “en novelas caracterizadas por su fuerza visionaria y trascendencia poética, ella da vida a un aspecto esencial de la realidad estadounidense”.
Esta foto apareció en la portada de la revista Time el 19 de enero de 1998 para conmemorar su nueva novela, Paraíso. Esa fue la entrega final de su aclamada trilogía sobre la vida de los afroamericanos después de la Guerra Civil, que también incluye Beloved y Jazz (1992). En 2012 el presidente Barack Obama le otorgó la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad.
Collection Description
In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view