Lorna Simpson

Untitled (Upper-case and Lower-case wigs)

1994

Two framed wig samples labeled "upper case wig" (mustache) and "lower case wig" (beard).

Two framed wig samples labeled "upper case wig" (mustache) and "lower case wig" (beard).

Not on view

Date
1994

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
2006.224.11

Edition
6/25

Credit line
Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© Lorna Simpson

API
artworks/30641

Part of a series:
Printed Matter Photography Portfolio 1. Portraits
12 works

A blurry photo of a Snoopy doll with a firefighter hat and a Bam Bam doll tucked into a plush, white bed.

Man standing beside an illuminated gas station price sign showing low prices at night.

A blonde woman in a pink coat and black top poses with one hand near her chin under red lights.

Young woman leaning forward on a parked motorcycle, smiling at the camera.

A nude person crouches thoughtfully on a wooden chair against bright red satin drapery.

A man reads a newspaper at a kitchen table under a hanging light while a woman stands behind him.

Black-and-white checkered floor with a rectangular plaque labeled orphan near the top.

Two framed wig samples labeled "upper case wig" (mustache) and "lower case wig" (beard).

A person lies in rumpled white sheets in morning light with a black dog curled beside them.

Young man standing in a park with an unbuttoned shirt and hands in his pockets.

Lorna Simpson
25 works in the collection, 22 exhibitions

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