Pat Ward Williams

Accused/Blowtorch/Padlock
1986

This image shows a piece of artwork with a black background and white handwritten text covering most of the surface. The text is a series of frantic, questioning statements about a photograph and its implications. Three framed photographs are embedded within the text, showing what appears to be a person in distressing circumstances. The images and text together convey a sense of urgency and confusion about the depicted scenes and the broader context of their capture and display.

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Date
1986

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Collaged tar paper, oil pastel, found painted wood, found magazine, three gelatin silver prints with printed text on mylar overlay, and nails and staples, mounted on wood panel

Dimensions
Overall: 61 13/16 × 108 1/4 × 3in. (157 × 275 × 7.6 cm) Sheet (a, Irregular): 10 9/16 × 9 13/16in. (26.8 × 24.9 cm) Image (a, Irregular): 9 15/16 × 9 13/16in. (25.2 × 24.9 cm) Sheet (b, Sight): 10 15/16 × 10 9/16in. (27.8 × 26.8 cm) Sheet (c, Sight): 10 15/16 × 10 9/16in. (27.8 × 26.8 cm) Sheet (d, Sight): 10 15/16 × 10 5/8in. (27.8 × 27 cm) Frame: 15 × 51 5/8 × 1 1/16in. (38.1 × 131.1 × 2.7 cm)

Accession number
93.64

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation

API
artworks/8401

Pat Ward Williams
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Pat Ward Williams

Accused/Blowtorch/Padlock 1986

Pat Ward Williams 1 work in the collection

Accused/Blowtorch/Padlock
1986

Pat Ward Williams
1 work in the collection