Arthur Tress

The Napping Couch, New York

1984

Hospital bed with five mannequin head molds lined up on blue mattress, surrounded by medical gear.
Hospital bed with five mannequin head molds lined up on blue mattress, surrounded by medical gear.

Arthur Tress, The Napping Couch, New York, 1984. Silver dye bleach print, sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm) Image: 19 1/16 × 19 1/16 in. (48.4 × 48.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of David Knaus P.2003.119. © 2010 Arthur Tress

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Date
1984

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm) Image: 19 1/16 × 19 1/16 in. (48.4 × 48.4 cm)

Accession number
P.2003.119

Series
Hospital Constructions

Edition
AP

Credit line
Promised gift of David Knaus

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 Arthur Tress

API
artworks/20330



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