Tar Beach #2 Print by Faith Ringgold

  PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY. ITEM IS MADE ON-DEMAND.   Archival print.Printed on acid-free paper.Available in 2 sizes. Option to purchase framed or unframed.  Faith Ringgold, American, 1930-Present. Tar Beach #2, 1990-1992 Ringgold is best known for her story quilts, which draw on the African American storytelling tradition. The titular “tar beach” refers to the rooftop garden of this family’s Harlem apartment, which provided them and other city dwellers with an oasis from the bustle of the New York streets below. In this oasis, a young girl named Cassie Louise Lightfoot lies on a mattress with her younger brother as the adults play cards at the table and the laundry hangs out to dry. With her story quilts, Ringgold challenges gender and racial stereotypes through textile arts which have often been dismissed by Western tradition as a domestic craft. This print has been produced with the highest quality pigmented, non-toxic, environmentally friendly ink with a color perma