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Dimensions
74-1/2 x 113 in. (installed) left figure: 74-3/4 x 40-1/8 x 2 in. (framed) right figure: 74-1/4 x 40-1/4 x 2 in. (framed) A) 24-7/8 x 20-3/8 x 2 in. (framed) B) 24-7/8 x 40-1/4 x 2 in. (framed) C) 24-7/8 x 20-3/8 x 2 in. (framed) D) 49-1/4 x 20-3/8 x 2 in. (framed) E) 24-7/8 x 40-1/8 x 2 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed on each photograph, verso: Lorna Simpson
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Henry F. and Katherine D. DeBoest Memorial Fund
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Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
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These two portraits are made of eight photographs. On the left, the protagonist holds two pairs of shoes, flanked by red text naming the days of a business week and a list of hopeful actions: "believe, hold, cling." In the second panel, the shoes have been dropped, the days are out of order, and the verbs have been exchanged for others, less positive: "faint, collapse, fall."
Like many of Simpson's subjects, the figure is seen from the back and eludes recognition. The apparent before-and-after sequence in Untitled anticipates Simpson's work using time-based media, such as film and video, beginning in 1997.
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