Lauren E. Simonutti

Don't Bother to Pack
2008

A monochromatic artwork featuring a surreal scene with a birdcage suspended from the ceiling containing a small figure, possibly a bird, with a beam of light shining diagonally across the image. Below the beam, a human arm extends from the left edge, holding a frame through which the light passes. On the right, a pedestal table with a single drawer stands, supporting a dark, textured box. The background is adorned with a floral pattern that fades from light at the bottom to dark at the top.
A monochromatic artwork featuring a surreal scene with a birdcage suspended from the ceiling containing a small figure, possibly a bird, with a beam of light shining diagonally across the image. Below the beam, a human arm extends from the left edge, holding a frame through which the light passes. On the right, a pedestal table with a single drawer stands, supporting a dark, textured box. The background is adorned with a floral pattern that fades from light at the bottom to dark at the top.

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Date
2008

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8in. (24.9 × 20 cm) Image: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8in. (24.9 × 20 cm)

Accession number
2010.69

Edition
2/7

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

Rights and reproductions
© Lauren E. Simonutti

API
artworks/37133

Lauren E. Simonutti
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