Joel Shapiro

Untitled (JS-8)
1980

A graphic artwork featuring a stark black silhouette resembling an abstract face with two large, round cut-outs for eyes against a plain, off-white background. The silhouette has a rounded top and a protruding, curved shape at the bottom. There is a signature and date at the bottom left corner indicating the piece was created in 1970.
A graphic artwork featuring a stark black silhouette resembling an abstract face with two large, round cut-outs for eyes against a plain, off-white background. The silhouette has a rounded top and a protruding, curved shape at the bottom. There is a signature and date at the bottom left corner indicating the piece was created in 1970.

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Date
1980

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 1/8 × 22in. (74 × 55.9 cm) Image (irregular): 22 1/8 × 17 5/8in. (56.2 × 44.8 cm)

Accession number
2014.61

Edition
8/30 | 6 APs

Publication
Printed by Hiroshi Kawanishi; published by Simca Print Artists

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

Rights and reproductions
© Joel Shapiro/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/44810

Joel Shapiro
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