Lorna Simpson

IS

1991

Young person wearing belted skirt and blouse with "IS" letters, holding a small book at their side.

Young person wearing belted skirt and blouse with "IS" letters, holding a small book at their side.

Not on view

Date
1991

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.8 × 50.6 cm) Image: 20 × 10 1/16 in. (50.8 × 25.6 cm)

Accession number
96.116.6

Edition
AP 11/20 | Ed. 30

Credit line
Gift of Julie Sylvester

Rights and reproductions
© Lorna Simpson

API
artworks/10945

Part of a series:
The S.A.F.E. Portfolio
8 works

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Young person wearing belted skirt and blouse with "IS" letters, holding a small book at their side.

Abstract orange painting with a black handprint, grid of orange squares, and scattered brush marks.

Silhouetted people surround a flaming car with the words "FOOD $" visible on the right.

Silver tongs rest in a decorative footed bowl holding watermelon, orange, grapes, and leafy vines.

Grid of labeled panels showing blue figures and handwritten words categorizing city places and people.

A simplified line drawing of a crowned female face with several birds perched on and around it.

Several floating faces emerge from clouds beside a faint image of tall twin towers.

Lorna Simpson
25 works in the collection, 22 exhibitions

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