Glenn Ligon

Profile series

1990/1991

Eight framed text panels with heavy redactions and an X mark displayed in a row on a gray wall.
Eight framed text panels with heavy redactions and an X mark displayed in a row on a gray wall.

Glenn Ligon, Profile series, 1990/1991. Oil on canvas, overall: 218 × 37 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (553.7 × 95.9 × 3.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.182a-h. © Glenn Ligon

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Date
1990/1991

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 218 × 37 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (553.7 × 95.9 × 3.8 cm)

Accession number
2024.182a-h

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© Glenn Ligon

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