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Both his technique and the formal repetition accentuate the accumulative effect of language but also the possibility of change. Ligon notes: “Black joy exists, now and historically, despite the history of this country. There is such a thing as ‘negro sunshine,’ ‘negro joy,’ ‘Black joy.’ And that feels very of-the-moment, even though the text is 100 years old.”","remarks":"MOD_09-12_WLA – Day 1 Cataloguing"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<p>Private Collection; [Ikon Ltd., Los Angeles, CA];  purchased by Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.</p>","remarks":null}],"datebegin":2004,"sortnumber":"2021  231","published_date":"2026-03-31 03:34:07.301653","objectid":138339,"dimensions":"30.5 × 22.9 cm (12 × 9 in.)\r\nframe: 35.9 × 28.3 × 4.1 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/8 × 1 5/8 in.)","on_view":true}