John Baldessari

The First $100,000 I Ever Made
2012

A framed artwork featuring a representation of a $100,000 gold certificate bill with a portrait of Woodrow Wilson in the center. Below the bill, large text reads "THE FIRST $100,000 I EVER MADE." The piece is numbered "94/100" in the bottom left corner and signed with a date "7B. 2012" in the bottom right corner.
A framed artwork featuring a representation of a $100,000 gold certificate bill with a portrait of Woodrow Wilson in the center. Below the bill, large text reads "THE FIRST $100,000 I EVER MADE." The piece is numbered "94/100" in the bottom left corner and signed with a date "7B. 2012" in the bottom right corner.

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Date
2012

Classification
Prints

Medium
Inkjet print, with chine collé, and lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 × 40 1/16in. (61 × 101.8 cm) Image: 18 1/4 × 35 15/16in. (46.4 × 91.3 cm)

Accession number
2013.59

Edition
91/100

Publication
Printed and published by Cirrus Editions

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

Rights and reproductions
© Cirrus Editions Ltd.

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