Glenn Ligon

Untitled (Black Like Me)

1992

Black stenciled text repeats a sentence about expecting to see oneself disguised across a distressed page.
Black stenciled text repeats a sentence about expecting to see oneself disguised across a distressed page.

Glenn Ligon, Untitled (Black Like Me), 1992. Oil stick and graphite on paper, sheet (Irregular): 23 7/8 × 20 3/8 in. (60.6 × 51.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 93.28. © Glenn Ligon.
Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Recto

Not on view

Date
1992

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil stick and graphite on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 23 7/8 × 20 3/8 in. (60.6 × 51.8 cm)

Accession number
93.28

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

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

API
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