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Rozeal (formerly known as iona rozeal brown), American, born 1966, "afro.died, T." (2011), acrylic, pen, ink, marker, and graphite on birch plywood panel; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2012) 2015.19.243.
Photo credit to C. Meldrum, Dec 2025. (Permission applied for 2025.)

Rozeal's Aphrodite was displayed December 2025 in a micro-instructive showing called "Back and Forth" beside Titan's "Venus with a Mirror" (1.0071_Titian, Cezanne's and others.
The NGA's visual description points out that in the background's calligraphic pattern "The words “BACK AND FORTH” are repeated in rows, written in capital yellow letters edged with red, filling the background. Two Japanese characters are painted in red near the lower right corner." These are not translated in the NGA description.