Andres Serrano

Blood and Semen V

1990

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

Not on view

Date
1990

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 24 in. (50.6 × 61 cm) Image: 15 11/16 × 23 1/2 in. (39.8 × 59.7 cm)

Accession number
2024.54.8

Edition
6/25

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/38631

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

Small animal bones arranged on a wooden surface to spell the word "LEG".
Two black-and-white portraits show a woman standing with her back turned and text columns beside.
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.

Andres Serrano
5 works in the collection, 2 exhibitions

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