Walid Raad

The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs

1999

Jockey leaning forward on racehorse wearing number 14 as the horse runs past a red vertical marker.
Jockey leaning forward on racehorse wearing number 14 as the horse runs past a red vertical marker.

Walid Raad, The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs, 1999. Video, color, sound, 16:54 min., aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2014.137. Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

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Not on view

Date
1999

Classification
Video

Medium
Video, color, sound, 16:54 min.

Dimensions
Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Accession number
2014.137

Edition
Uneditioned

Credit line
Purchase with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

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artworks/44103




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