Bas Jan Ader

Study for I’m too sad to tell you
1971

Three black and white sequential photographs of a man expressing different emotions: the first shows him with eyes closed and head tilted back, the second with a wide open mouth as if laughing or singing, and the third with his hand covering his face, seemingly in distress or frustration. Each photo is set against a plain background and framed individually.
Three black and white sequential photographs of a man expressing different emotions: the first shows him with eyes closed and head tilted back, the second with a wide open mouth as if laughing or singing, and the third with his hand covering his face, seemingly in distress or frustration. Each photo is set against a plain background and framed individually.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print, three parts

Dimensions
Sheet (a,c): 7 1/8 × 5in. (18.1 × 12.7 cm) Image (a,c): 6 3/4 × 4 3/4in. (17.1 × 12.1 cm) Sheet (b): 5 × 7 1/8in. (12.7 × 18.1 cm) Image (b): 4 3/4 × 6 3/4in. (12.1 × 17.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.36a-c

Edition
Unique

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

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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