This limited-edition letterpress and linoleum print from the Forbidden Pages Collection honors the many lives of Harriet Tubman, beginning with her birth name: Aramita. Layered with saturated hues of hot pink, forest green, sunflower yellow, and cobalt blue, the composition is a vibrant collision of color and coded typography.
Words like AUNT, HARRIET, MOSES, SPY, NURSE, SUFFRAGIST, CONDUCTOR, and GENERAL march across the surface in varying fonts and opacities, asserting Tubman’s evolving roles and resistance. Giant numerals—978, 082344, 4298—float over barcode-like lines, referencing ISBN numbers from banned editions of Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome, a children’s book censored in multiple Florida counties.
Behind the overlapping prints, the visual structure nods to systemic control—grids, tallies, standardization—yet the work bursts with individuality and energy. Aramita Was Her Name reclaims a story made for children but too powerful for the institutions that banned it. Through this dense layering of identity and erasure, the print insists that remembering is a radical act.
2023
19 x 12.5 inches (48.26 x 31.75 cm)
Letterpress, linoleum print, edition of 10 E.V. (Edition Varies), on 100 lbs. French paper
Price Upon Request
This limited-edition letterpress and linoleum print from the Forbidden Pages Collection honors the many lives of Harriet Tubman, beginning with her birth name: Aramita. Layered with saturated hues of hot pink, forest green, sunflower yellow, and cobalt blue, the composition is a vibrant collision of color and coded typography.
Words like AUNT, HARRIET, MOSES, SPY, NURSE, SUFFRAGIST, CONDUCTOR, and GENERAL march across the surface in varying fonts and opacities, asserting Tubman’s evolving roles and resistance. Giant numerals—978, 082344, 4298—float over barcode-like lines, referencing ISBN numbers from banned editions of Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome, a children’s book censored in multiple Florida counties.
Behind the overlapping prints, the visual structure nods to systemic control—grids, tallies, standardization—yet the work bursts with individuality and energy. Aramita Was Her Name reclaims a story made for children but too powerful for the institutions that banned it. Through this dense layering of identity and erasure, the print insists that remembering is a radical act.
2023
19 x 12.5 inches (48.26 x 31.75 cm)
Letterpress, linoleum print, edition of 10 E.V. (Edition Varies), on 100 lbs. French paper
Price Upon Request
