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Special Portfolio Edition (2026)

Cloth-bound clamshell box containing 10 exhibition-quality signed and numbered prints 

Limited edition of 20 copies + 2 Artist Proofs

Carrie Mae Weems's series Slow Fade To Black comments on the invisibility of Black women in music, while also paying homage to their influence. The blurred portraits of icons, originally made at the height of their success, become ethereal and ghostly in Weems's rendering, highlighting the way Black women have vanished from communal recollection of pop culture, the result of both the passage of time and racial prejudice.⁠

We are thrilled to announce a portfolio of this seminal body of work. Produced by La Sena Gallery, Los Angeles – a joint venture by Nazraeli Press and Setanta Books – Slow Fade to Black comprises 10 exhibition-quality prints (printed in Hahnemühle Photorag) measuring 15x20 inches. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist on verso.
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The handmade clamshell box features a velvet interior. The prints are cradled within a raised back panel bed, precisely engineered for a flawless fit, and finished with a burgundy satin ribbon to allow effortless, elegant retrieval.

Carrie Mae Weems is one of the most influential contemporary American artists living today. Her work investigates race, family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Weems is represented in public and private collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Please note this edition will go up in increments of $250 for each copy sold