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January 20, 2009

Thornton Dial
  • TD - January 20, 2009 (Turtle Holding Flag) - Master Image

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
2009
Pencil, pastel, and coffee on paper
44.25 x 30.625 inches
Collection of
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

In January 20, 2009, Dial reconvenes an assortment of his earlier animal symbols, scaling up the side of a mountain, to celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration as the first Black president of the United States.