John Baldessari

Blue Boy (with Yellow Boy: One with Hawaiian Tie, One in Dark)

1989

Not on view

Date
1989

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photogravure and aquatint, hand-cut and mounted on plastic film

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 23 1/8 in. (48.9 × 58.7 cm) Image: 12 1/8 × 14 in. (30.8 × 35.6 cm) Mount: 19 15/16 × 24 in. (50.6 × 61 cm)

Accession number
92.38.2

Edition
12/50 | 15 APs

Publication
Printed by Patricia Branstead, New York; published by Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS

Credit line
Gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

Rights and reproductions
© John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

API
artworks/8038

Part of a series:
The Indomitable Spirit
11 works

Barbed wire crosses over an abstract print showing a silhouetted utility pole and torn shapes.
Two men shake hands, one appearing as a translucent, glowing figure.
Two men in plaid suits stand side by side with blue and yellow circles covering faces.
A small dog sits on a three-step stool in two black-and-white side-by-side views.
Large sunflower head with densely packed seeds and drooping yellow petals.
Two hands cupping a swirling galaxy or black hole made of dust and stars.
Book cover titled The Indomitable Spirit showing nine labeled emotion panels and united against AIDS text.
A shelf with small classical sculptures and vases arranged among architectural fragments under warm orange light.
A dark shadow silhouette of a person in a dynamic pose with bent legs and hands on hips.
Hand holding a compact mirror showing a woman's eye reflected above a round powder puff.


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