Allen Ruppersberg

The Gift and the Inheritance [The Courage of the Commonplace]

1989–1991

A closed paperback book with decorative cover resting on a white surface, framed in a black mat.
A closed paperback book with decorative cover resting on a white surface, framed in a black mat.

Allen Ruppersberg, The Gift and the Inheritance [The Courage of the Commonplace], 1989–1991. Graphite on paper, sheet (Sight): 18 1/16 × 20 3/8 in. (45.9 × 51.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.225. Photography courtesy of the artist and Christine Burgin Gallery, New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1989–1991

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 18 1/16 × 20 3/8 in. (45.9 × 51.8 cm)

Accession number
2024.225

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
Photography courtesy of the artist and Christine Burgin Gallery, New York

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