David Altmejd

J.B.

2014

Upside-down portrait of a person with dark makeup and a small object attached to their nose.
Upside-down portrait of a person with dark makeup and a small object attached to their nose.

David Altmejd, J.B., 2014. Inkjet print, etching, laser engraving, with crystal beads and gold leaf, sheet: 26 1/16 × 19 1/16 in. (66.2 × 48.4 cm) Image: 9 × 5 1/4 in. (22.9 × 13.3 cm) Plate: 7 5/16 × 5 1/2 in. (18.6 × 14 cm) Mount: 26 1/16 × 19 1/16 × 5/16 in. (66.2 × 48.4 × 0.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 2016.139.14. © David Altmejd and The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies

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Not on view

Date
2014

Classification
Prints

Medium
Inkjet print, etching, laser engraving, with crystal beads and gold leaf

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 1/16 × 19 1/16 in. (66.2 × 48.4 cm) Image: 9 × 5 1/4 in. (22.9 × 13.3 cm) Plate: 7 5/16 × 5 1/2 in. (18.6 × 14 cm) Mount: 26 1/16 × 19 1/16 × 5/16 in. (66.2 × 48.4 × 0.8 cm)

Accession number
2016.139.14

Edition
2/30 | 9 APs, 1 PP, 1 BAT, 1 Neiman Archive proof

Publication
Printed and published by LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© David Altmejd and The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies

API
artworks/50016

Part of a series:
Ringers
21 works

Three men in a small central photo, a shirtless man wearing a harness surrounded by others.
A small illustrated figure in a white coat stands under a mounted eye-like object on a blank page.
A small drawing of a shirtless man with chest hair and an upside-down torso above him.
A small drawing shows a man's head sealed in a glass case on a pedestal, centered on white paper.
Person in a white bunny costume holds a sign that reads "LOOKING FOR HOLE" while upside down.
A small collage shows a nude drawn torso with a flipped photographic head and makeup.
A small portrait of a bearded person with dark, scribbled hair centered on a large white page.
A small portrait of a man wearing sunglasses and a tie against a gold textured background.
Upside-down portrait of a person with dark makeup and a small object attached to their nose.
A small upside-down portrait of a person with a neutral expression centered on a large white page.


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