Lew Thomas

TIME EQUALS 36 EXPOSURES (positive and negative sections)
1971

Two large panels side by side, each containing a grid of 25 stylized clocks with square borders. The left panel has clocks with black backgrounds and white details, while the right panel has clocks with white backgrounds and black details. Each clock shows a different time, creating a pattern of hands across the panels.

Two large panels side by side, each containing a grid of 25 stylized clocks with square borders. The left panel has clocks with black backgrounds and white details, while the right panel has clocks with white backgrounds and black details. Each clock shows a different time, creating a pattern of hands across the panels.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Seventy two gelatin silver prints mounted on board

Dimensions
Overall (in-situ, framed): 47 15/16 × 99 7/8 × 2in. (121.8 × 253.7 × 5.1 cm)

Accession number
2022.158a-b

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Beth Rudin DeWoody

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/66320

Exhibitions

Time Management Techniques

Sept 24, 2022–Jan 8, 2023

Lew Thomas
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