Coiffure
1991
Artist, American, born 1960

Artwork overview
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Medium
3 gelatin silver prints and 10 engraved plastic plaques
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
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Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 106.05 × 82.87 cm (41 3/4 × 32 5/8 in.)
framed (each): 109.22 × 86.36 × 4.76 cm (43 × 34 × 1 7/8 in.)
overall: 182.88 × 269.24 × 4.76 cm (72 × 106 × 1 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.4459
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Josh Baer Gallery, New York); Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1993; acquired by NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
Imagining Families: Images and Voices, National African American Museum, A Smithsonian Institution Project, August 15, 1994 – February 28, 1995
2003
Black is a Color: African American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 1 – April 7, 2003
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 1 – July 27, 2008
2013
Roots and Links: Gifts from the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 23 – July 14, 2013
Bibliography
1994
Willis, Deborah. Imagining Families: Images and Voices. Exh. cat. National African American Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1994: 15, 44-45, 68.
Inscriptions
left panel: on frame verso, center, typed in black ink on gallery label: JOSH / BAER / GALLERY; center right on label: LORNA SIMPSON / "Coiffure" / 1991 / 3 b/w gelatin silver prints / with 10 plastic plaques / 72 x 106 inches (overall) / Edition 1 of 3 / Panel 1 of 3 / Left panel; lower left on label: 476 Broome St. / 3rd Floor / New York NY / 10013 / 212-431-4774 / Fax 431-3631
center panel: on frame verso, center, typed in black ink on gallery label: JOSH / BAER / GALLERY; center right on label: LORNA SIMPSON / "Coiffure" / 1991 / 3 b/w gelatin silver prints / with 10 plastic plaques / 72 x 106 inches (overall) / Edition 1 of 3 / Panel 2 of 3 / Center panel; lower left on label: 476 Broome St. / 3rd Floor / New York NY / 10013 / 212-431-4774 / Fax 431-3631
right panel: on frame verso, center, typed in black ink on gallery label: JOSH / BAER / GALLERY; center right on label: LORNA SIMPSON / "Coiffure" / 1991 / 3 b/w gelatin silver prints / with 10 plastic plaques / 72 x 106 inches (overall) / Edition 1 of 3 / Panel 3 of 3 / Right panel; lower left on label: 476 Broome St. / 3rd Floor / New York NY / 10013 / 212-431-4774 / Fax 431-3631
Wikidata ID
Q64157549