Dennis Adams

(Title page)
1990

A black and white artwork featuring a grid of 26 photographic portraits, each labeled with a letter from A to Z, representing the English alphabet. Below the grid, there is text providing information about the piece, titled "Patricia Hearst - A thru Z," indicating it was first produced in 1979 as a set of twenty-six 16 x 20 inch black and white photographs. The portraits are designed as image-letter units for creating word formations in installations. The artist's signature and edition number are present at the bottom of the artwork.
A black and white artwork featuring a grid of 26 photographic portraits, each labeled with a letter from A to Z, representing the English alphabet. Below the grid, there is text providing information about the piece, titled "Patricia Hearst - A thru Z," indicating it was first produced in 1979 as a set of twenty-six 16 x 20 inch black and white photographs. The portraits are designed as image-letter units for creating word formations in installations. The artist's signature and edition number are present at the bottom of the artwork.

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Date
1990

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 16 1/16in. (51 × 40.8 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 13 13/16in. (21.6 × 35.1 cm)

Accession number
91.17.1

Edition
2/30 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Maxwell-Nova Fine Arts Inc.; published by Kent Fine Art

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Ruth and Richard Shack

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/7657

Part of a series:

Patricia Hearst: A thru Z

28 works

Black and white grainy photo of a smiling woman with long hair, with a large letter "A" superimposed at the bottom center.
A black and white grainy photo of a smiling woman with her hair pulled back, with a large letter "B" superimposed on the lower part of the image.
Black and white photo of a woman's face with a large letter "C" superimposed on the lower right side. The image has a high-contrast, grainy texture, and the background is indistinct.
A photograph of a printed chronology document detailing significant events in a timeline format, primarily centered on the page with a large amount of white space surrounding the text.
Black and white photo of a smiling woman with shoulder-length hair, featuring a large letter "D" superimposed on the lower part of the image.
A grainy black and white photo of a woman looking to the side with a contemplative expression. She is wearing a dark hat and a dark top. There is a large, white letter 'E' superimposed over the bottom center of the image.
A monochromatic image featuring a stylized, high-contrast depiction of a face with closed eyes, possibly rendered in a grainy, dot-matrix style. A large, bold letter "F" is prominently displayed in the lower part of the image.
A black and white portrait of a woman with a neutral expression, featuring a large letter "G" superimposed over the lower part of her face and neck.
A black and white grainy photo of a person wearing dark sunglasses with a prominent letter "H" superimposed over the image.
Black and white grainy image of a smiling person wearing sunglasses.

Dennis Adams
28 works in the collection

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