Glenn Ligon

Untitled (I Am Not Tragically Colored)

1990

Repeated lines of the phrase "I am not tragically colored" form a dense, dark portrait-like shape.
Repeated lines of the phrase "I am not tragically colored" form a dense, dark portrait-like shape.

Glenn Ligon, Untitled (I Am Not Tragically Colored), 1990. Oil stick and gesso on wood, overall: 80 × 30 in. (203.2 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Bohen Foundation in honor of Thomas N. Armstrong III 2001.276. © Glenn Ligon
Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

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Not on view

Date
1990

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil stick and gesso on wood

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

Accession number
2001.276

Credit line
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

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