blood dancer

1992

Wolfgang Tillmans

Artist, German, born 1968

A smiling, bare-chested, pale-skinned man dripping with blood emerges from a pitch-black background in this vertical photograph. He is clean-shaven and has short, dark hair, thick brows, and pointed features. Pale blood trickles over his shoulders and down his sweaty torso as he leans to our left. One hand emerges from the shadows to hold his left hand, on our right. A silver belt buckle gleams against the black pants, which disappear into the inky background.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heather and Tony Podesta, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, center, gallery label: Andrea Rosen Gallery 130 Prince St. New York 10012 / Wolfgang Tillmans / "blood dancer", 1992 / c-print / 16 x 12 inches / edition of 10, 1 AP / ARG# TW1992-9.04S / tel: 2129410203 fax: 2129410327

Wikidata ID

Q64170641


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