John Baldessari

Two Languages (Begin)
1989

A black and white photo of a person playing the violin is superimposed on a diamond-shaped background, with a blue circular shape covering the violinist's hand. Below the image, there are two blocks of text featuring the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase, along with numbers and punctuation marks, suggesting a focus on typography or font styles. A yellow line divides the image diagonally.

A black and white photo of a person playing the violin is superimposed on a diamond-shaped background, with a blue circular shape covering the violinist's hand. Below the image, there are two blocks of text featuring the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase, along with numbers and punctuation marks, suggesting a focus on typography or font styles. A yellow line divides the image diagonally.

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Date
1989

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver prints with vinyl paint on three panels

Dimensions
Overall: 129 1/4 × 114 3/4 × 13/16in. (328.3 × 291.5 × 2.1 cm)

Accession number
2016.222a-c

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

API
artworks/37696

Exhibitions

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Feb 10–May 1, 2011

John Baldessari
40 works in the collection

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