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I love you forever

July 12, 1993

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A framed, woodblock engraving titled “I love you forever” by Robert H. Colescott. The print depicts the side profiles of two figures, a man and a woman, facing one another. The relief printing depicts the woman's face on the right as white, outlined in black, while the man's face on the left is black, his features outlined in white. The title of the painting is printed at the bottom of the artwork. The artist signed and dated the artwork on the front, lower right corner: [R. Colescott 7/12/93] and in pencil wrote the print edition on the front, lower left corner: [3/100].

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Catalog reference: 2023.39.8ab

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