Joan Jonas

Twilight
1975, printed 2003

A black and white artistic photograph depicting a nude person curled up inside a large hoop, with their head resting on the hoop's lower curve. The person is positioned in a dimly lit room with a brick wall and wooden floor, near a glowing television set that is casting light on the scene. The image conveys a sense of solitude and introspection.
A black and white artistic photograph depicting a nude person curled up inside a large hoop, with their head resting on the hoop's lower curve. The person is positioned in a dimly lit room with a brick wall and wooden floor, near a glowing television set that is casting light on the scene. The image conveys a sense of solitude and introspection.

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Date
1975, printed 2003

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 13 1/4in. (22.5 × 33.7 cm) Frame: 13 3/4 × 18 × 3/4in. (34.9 × 45.7 × 1.9 cm)

Accession number
2006.15

Edition
4/5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Niko Elmaleh

Rights and reproductions
© Joan Jonas. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

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