Hirsch Perlman

Day 79.6
1998–2001

A black and white photograph depicting a chaotic scene with a large pile of debris and various objects, including what appears to be a crushed piece of furniture and scattered papers. Light streams in from a window, casting sharp shadows on the floor. The image has a caption in the lower right corner that reads "DAY 79.6."
A black and white photograph depicting a chaotic scene with a large pile of debris and various objects, including what appears to be a crushed piece of furniture and scattered papers. Light streams in from a window, casting sharp shadows on the floor. The image has a caption in the lower right corner that reads "DAY 79.6."

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Date
1998–2001

Classification
Photographs

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

Dimensions
Sheet (Vinyl): 23 3/4 × 29 7/16in. (60.3 × 74.8 cm) Sheet (Print): 20 × 23 7/8in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm) Image (Irregular): 19 1/16 × 22 11/16in. (48.4 × 57.6 cm)

Accession number
2002.174a-f

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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