Richard Prince

Untitled (Joke: Never had a penny...)
1987

A white canvas with a humorous statement printed in the center that reads, "I never had a penny to my name, so I changed___ my name." The last part of the sentence is intentionally left incomplete, with a redacted-style blank line.
A white canvas with a humorous statement printed in the center that reads, "I never had a penny to my name, so I changed___ my name." The last part of the sentence is intentionally left incomplete, with a redacted-style blank line.

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Date
1987

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Acrylic on canvas (recto); Acrylic and graphite on canvas (verso)

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/8 × 18in. (61.3 × 45.7 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.333

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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