Louise Lawler

Does Marilyn Monroe Make You Cry?
1988

A gallery wall featuring a textured artwork with a circular depiction of a woman's face resembling a famous actress from the mid-20th century. To the left, a framed text reads "DOES MARILYN MONROE MAKE YOU CRY?" and a small descriptive plaque is adjacent to the artwork on the right.

A gallery wall featuring a textured artwork with a circular depiction of a woman's face resembling a famous actress from the mid-20th century. To the left, a framed text reads "DOES MARILYN MONROE MAKE YOU CRY?" and a small descriptive plaque is adjacent to the artwork on the right.

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Date
1988

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print with plexiglass wall label

Dimensions
Photograph: 27 5/8 x 39 1/4 in. Label: 4 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.

Accession number
2016.45a-b

Edition
1/5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond J. Learsy

Rights and reproductions
© Louise Lawler. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

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artworks/47114

Exhibitions

America Is Hard to See

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

Louise Lawler
11 works in the collection

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