Jimmy DeSana

Vaseline (self-portrait)
1986

A heavily stylized and abstracted photograph featuring a figure in a contorted pose with a blue overlay. The image has a textured appearance, with brushstroke-like effects that give it a painterly quality. The figure's details are obscured, creating an enigmatic and artistic composition.

A heavily stylized and abstracted photograph featuring a figure in a contorted pose with a blue overlay. The image has a textured appearance, with brushstroke-like effects that give it a painterly quality. The figure's details are obscured, creating an enigmatic and artistic composition.

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Date
1986

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Cibachrome print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 11in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Image: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)

Accession number
2019.504

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Kyle and Anna Klewin

Rights and reproductions
©️ Jimmy DeSana. Image courtesy of the Jimmy Desana Trust

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artworks/63387

Jimmy DeSana
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