John Baldessari

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

1989

Two men in plaid suits stand side by side with blue and yellow circles covering faces.
Two men in plaid suits stand side by side with blue and yellow circles covering faces.

John Baldessari, Blue Boy (with Yellow Boy: One with Hawaiian Tie, One in Dark), 1989. Photogravure and aquatint, hand-cut and mounted on plastic film, 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). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz 92.38.2. © John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

Recto

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

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Two men shake hands, one appearing as a translucent, glowing figure.
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A small dog sits on a three-step stool in two black-and-white side-by-side views.
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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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