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Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America
Humanity demands that no life should pass without some recognition, whether it is a marked grave, a painted posthumous portrait, or a postmortem photograph. "Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America" is the first museum exhibition dedicated to an examination of American self-taught portraiture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the lens of memory and loss. Each is a whisper through the years to "remember me," because, as photographer Matthew Brady declared in 1856, "you cannot tell how soon it may be too late."
This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America," presented October 6, 2016 - February 26, 2017 at the American Folk Art Museum, New York, New York.
Stacy C. Hollander is Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum.
Gary Alderman is Goodrich C. White Professor of Religion at Emory University.
Anne-Imelda Radice is Executive Director of the American Folk Art Museum.
This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America," presented October 6, 2016 - February 26, 2017 at the American Folk Art Museum, New York, New York.
Stacy C. Hollander is Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum.
Gary Alderman is Goodrich C. White Professor of Religion at Emory University.
Anne-Imelda Radice is Executive Director of the American Folk Art Museum.
237 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2016
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