Glenn Ligon

Kings of Kings/Royal Crown
1985

Illustration of a red and white Royal Crown Hair Dressing can above a grayscale abstract figure resembling a totem pole, composed of various mechanical or metallic-looking parts, on a white background.

Illustration of a red and white Royal Crown Hair Dressing can above a grayscale abstract figure resembling a totem pole, composed of various mechanical or metallic-looking parts, on a white background.

Not on view

Date
1985

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Acrylic, brush and ink, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 15 1/8in. (56.2 × 38.4 cm)

Accession number
2012.106

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Glenn Ligon

API
artworks/38112

Exhibitions

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA

Mar 10–June 5, 2011

Glenn Ligon
40 works in the collection

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