Lorna Simpson

Gold Head K
2011

An abstract artwork featuring a profile silhouette of a person's head and shoulders in a light shadow with swirling gold brushstrokes above, suggesting a dynamic and textured hairstyle or movement. The piece is on a cream-colored paper with rough edges, and there's a signature at the bottom right corner.
An abstract artwork featuring a profile silhouette of a person's head and shoulders in a light shadow with swirling gold brushstrokes above, suggesting a dynamic and textured hairstyle or movement. The piece is on a cream-colored paper with rough edges, and there's a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
2011

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Gold embossing powder, gray wash, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight, irregular): 21 7/8 × 14 15/16in. (55.6 × 37.9 cm) Image (sight, irregular): 12 1/4 × 9in. (31.1 × 22.9 cm)

Accession number
2011.68

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Lorna Simpson

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Lorna Simpson
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