CULTURE

Hank Willis Thomas

A new exhibition looks at the last hundred years of white women in print advertising.

by Antwaun Sargent

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“The Breakfast Belle,” 1915/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“Blow it in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere,” 1934/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“They Satisfy,” 1942/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“But she has other important uses as well,” 1944/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“Will not go dull and lifeless,” 1953/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“She’s somewhat of a drag,” 1959/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“Was I going to fast?,” 1970/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“Give your daughter a daughter,” 1971/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“There’s no hiding from it,” 1982/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“This guy’s the limit,” 2000/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“Just ripe enough,” 2005/2015.

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Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

“Just as our Forefathers intended,” 2015/2015.