Jim Shaw

White Collar Worker, Mexican Sales Person, and Paraplegic Passing Each Other on the Street
1981

A surreal black and white artwork featuring fragmented and distorted facial features scattered across a dotted grid background, resembling a technical drawing or blueprint. The composition includes eyes, noses, and mouths in various orientations, with some elements appearing to be stitched onto the background. The overall effect is disorienting and dreamlike.
A surreal black and white artwork featuring fragmented and distorted facial features scattered across a dotted grid background, resembling a technical drawing or blueprint. The composition includes eyes, noses, and mouths in various orientations, with some elements appearing to be stitched onto the background. The overall effect is disorienting and dreamlike.

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Date
1981

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Colored pencil, airbrush and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 10 1/2 × 13 1/2in. (26.7 × 34.3 cm)

Accession number
2014.100

Series
Life and Death

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Anonymous gift in memory of Hudson

Rights and reproductions
© Jim Shaw

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Jim Shaw
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