Louise Lawler

Why Pictures Now (traced); Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Sometimes Silver or Gold
1981, printed 2013

A line drawing of an ashtray filled with cigarette butts, with a matchbook lying on top that reads "HOT PICTURES NOW." The image is centered on a white background with a wide border.
A line drawing of an ashtray filled with cigarette butts, with a matchbook lying on top that reads "HOT PICTURES NOW." The image is centered on a white background with a wide border.

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Date
1981, printed 2013

Classification
Prints

Medium
Inkjet print and opaque watercolor

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Image: 3 1/16 × 6 1/16in. (7.8 × 15.4 cm)

Accession number
2016.34.3a-b

Edition
8/100

Publication
Published by Artists Space; printed by Laumont Editions

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Beth Rudin DeWoody in honor of Joan Hardy Clark

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

API
artworks/47501

Part of a series:

Artists Space Annual Edition Portfolio 2014

5 works

An open Applebee's gift card holder with a green and yellow design. The left side displays a message area with handwritten text "Chris" under "From:" and "$10 81/100" under "Amount:". The right side features an Applebee's logo with an apple graphic incorporating the American flag and the words "THANK YOU" above it.
A vibrant yellow artwork featuring a collection of black line drawings of various animals, including a dolphin, birds, a seahorse, a turtle, a zebra, and a cat, all intertwined in an abstract composition. The piece is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
A graphic artwork featuring a stylized blue arrow curving upwards with a red and yellow diagonal stripe crossing it, which contains the text "WITH A SHIFT SIMULTANEOUS REALITIES COLLIDE." The artist's signature and edition number are in the lower right corner on a gray background.
A potato cut in half with the letters "BC" carved into it, sitting above several black ink prints of the same letters on a white background.
A line drawing of an ashtray filled with cigarette butts, with a matchbook lying on top that reads "HOT PICTURES NOW." The image is centered on a white background with a wide border.

Louise Lawler
11 works in the collection

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