Claudia Jones

Sandra Brewster

born 1973

Claudia Jones, 2021

Material/technique: gel transfer; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 103.5 x 89.1 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 107.1 x 90.2 cm
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 45.00 x 38.50 x 2.25 in
Weight (Weight): 19 lbs

Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2024.0129

On display: Perkins Central Court

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Bold Women

This photograph is part of a series that portrays cultural leaders from the Caribbean diaspora, a kind of companion to Blur nearby. Sandra Brewster honors the contributions of deceased public figures such as journalist Claudia Jones (1915–1964). A Trinidad-born American who fought for world peace, women’s rights, and Caribbean independence, Jones worked as a poet and editor of the West Indian Gazette, living in Harlem, New York, for thirty years before her deportation to London in 1955.