Object Timeline

2020

  • Work on this object began.

2024

  • We acquired this object.

2025

T-shirt, Black Trans Lives Matter

This is a T-shirt. It was designed by Willie Norris and made by WILLIENORRISWORKSHOP and made for (as the client) Brooklyn Liberation and distributed by Lydia Rodrigues Collection. It is dated 2020 and we acquired it in 2024. Its medium is dead stock cotton. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Alexandra Cunningham Cameron. It is credited Gift of Alexandra Cunningham Cameron in honor of Adam Charlap Hyman and Adam Eli.

Its dimensions are

H x W (overall): 75.6 × 88.9 cm (29 3/4 in. × 35 in.)

Cite this object as

T-shirt, Black Trans Lives Matter; Designed by Willie Norris ((American, born 1990)); Made by WILLIENORRISWORKSHOP; Client: Brooklyn Liberation; Distributed by Lydia Rodrigues Collection; dead stock cotton; H x W (overall): 75.6 × 88.9 cm (29 3/4 in. × 35 in.); Gift of Alexandra Cunningham Cameron in honor of Adam Charlap Hyman and Adam Eli; 2024-35-1

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