Lorna Simpson

Partitions & Time

1991

Two black-and-white portraits show a woman standing with her back turned and text columns beside.

Two black-and-white portraits show a woman standing with her back turned and text columns beside.

Not on view

Date
1991

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 24 1/16 in. (50.8 × 61.1 cm) Image (Irregular): 10 7/8 × 21 7/8 in. (27.6 × 55.6 cm)

Accession number
2024.54.9

Edition
6/25

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© Lorna Simpson

API
artworks/37959

Part of a series:
"In a dream ..."
12 works

Small animal bones arranged on a wooden surface to spell the word "LEG".

A bearded man with closed eyes has his head gently cradled by another person's hands.

Large translucent red-orange sheet with curved edge against a pale background.

A dense field of stars and faint nebulae shown within a dark rectangular print framed by a beige mat.

Young person with curly hair and a dirt-smeared face looking directly at the camera.

Bright poppy flowers cluster against a dark background beside a golden panel with distorted mask reflections.

Factory workers sew garments while a manager gestures and shows fabric to a seated woman.

An older man gestures at a teenage boy adjusting his shirt while a woman watches by the window.

Gray poster with centered white text quoting a dream about finding a way to survive and feeling joy.

Dark draped fabric forming soft folds framed by rough black brushstrokes on a light background.

Lorna Simpson
25 works in the collection, 18 exhibitions

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