Two framed wig samples labeled "upper case wig" and "lower case wig" on white paper.

Lorna Simpson

Untitled (Upper-case and Lower-case wigs)

1994

Not on view

25 works in the collection
22 exhibitions

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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.