Hirsch Perlman

Day 31.5
1998–2001

A black and white photograph with a blurred motion effect, capturing a chair tipping over and papers flying through the air in a room with a closed door. The image has a high contrast with some areas overexposed, and there's text at the bottom right that reads "DAY 31.5."
A black and white photograph with a blurred motion effect, capturing a chair tipping over and papers flying through the air in a room with a closed door. The image has a high contrast with some areas overexposed, and there's text at the bottom right that reads "DAY 31.5."

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Date
1998–2001

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print, vinyl, tape, oil and pushpins

Dimensions
Sheet (Vinyl): 24 1/4 × 30 1/4in. (61.6 × 76.8 cm) Sheet (Print): 20 × 23 13/16in. (50.8 × 60.5 cm) Image (Irregular): 18 1/2 × 22 5/8in. (47 × 57.5 cm)

Accession number
2002.171a-e

Edition
2/5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee, the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/16909

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