Shannon Ebner

The Crooked Sign
2006

A black and white photograph of a pickaxe with a bent handle lying on a concrete floor, with a large chunk of concrete attached to its chisel end. There are dark stains on the floor around the pickaxe, suggesting previous work or wear.
A black and white photograph of a pickaxe with a bent handle lying on a concrete floor, with a large chunk of concrete attached to its chisel end. There are dark stains on the floor around the pickaxe, suggesting previous work or wear.

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Date
2006

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 64 7/8 × 47 7/8in. (164.8 × 121.6 cm) Image (Sight): 64 1/4 × 47 7/16in. (163.2 × 120.5 cm) Frame: 66 × 49 × 2 5/16in. (167.6 × 124.5 × 5.9 cm)

Accession number
2007.120

Edition
2/4 | 2 APs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/30496

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