Dirty Windows #17

1993–1994

Merry Alpern

Associated Names
Merry Alpern

Artist, American, born 1955

The image shows a view through a window, divided into panes at the top and one larger pane at the bottom. In the right upper pane, there is a partial view of a person's head. The top half of their face is visible, with a receding hairline and dark hair. They are wearing glasses. The lower half of their face is out of view. The left upper pane displays a blurred motion or texture with no distinct facial features visible. The lower pane shows a surface with a closed flip phone on it, surrounded by small black specks scattered across the image. The background is indistinct, obscured by the dark and grainy texture of the photograph.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.7 × 30.5 cm (18 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.175.3

  • Series Title

    Dirty Windows


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Merry Alpern, New York; Dr. James Patterson, Memphis, TN; NGA purchase, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Merry Alpern 1994; lower left: from the Window Series


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