Glenn Ligon

Untitled (I Am Not Tragically Colored)
1990

A textured black and white image featuring a repeated phrase in various degrees of clarity and legibility, creating a visual effect that resembles a pattern or texture. The phrase "I AM NOT TRAGICALLY COLORED" is discernible throughout the image.

A textured black and white image featuring a repeated phrase in various degrees of clarity and legibility, creating a visual effect that resembles a pattern or texture. The phrase "I AM NOT TRAGICALLY COLORED" is discernible throughout the image.

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Date
1990

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil stick and gesso on wood

Dimensions
Overall: 80 × 30in. (203.2 × 76.2 cm)

Accession number
2001.276

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Bohen Foundation in honor of Thomas N. Armstrong III

Rights and reproductions
© Glenn Ligon
Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

API
artworks/7774

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Glenn Ligon
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