Catherine Wagner

Emerson College, Massachusetts
1985

A black and white photograph of an empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs facing a chalkboard on which "I DON'T KNOW" is written in large letters. There are two other chalkboards to the left, one appears to be smeared with chalk and the other is partially visible with indistinct markings. The room has a wooden floor and plain walls, and there's a teacher's desk at the front, to the left of the frame.

A black and white photograph of an empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs facing a chalkboard on which "I DON'T KNOW" is written in large letters. There are two other chalkboards to the left, one appears to be smeared with chalk and the other is partially visible with indistinct markings. The room has a wooden floor and plain walls, and there's a teacher's desk at the front, to the left of the frame.

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Date
1985

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 23 15/16in. (50.8 × 60.8 cm) Image: 17 1/4 × 21 15/16in. (43.8 × 55.7 cm)

Accession number
2006.220

Series
American Classroom

Edition
6/12

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Laura M. and John V. Knaus

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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