LAMF (Like a Motherfucker Three Days in Berlin, 1987)

1987

John Gossage

Associated Names
John Gossage

Artist, American, born 1946

This is a photograph of a newspaper page. The newspaper is printed in German and consists of closely set columns of text with various articles. The layout is traditional, with bold headlines that make it easier to differentiate between different stories. The large, bold text "LAME" is stamped across the middle, cutting across multiple columns. The newsprint's color is a typical aged yellow-brown, suggesting it might be an older publication. The content discussed includes topics of political and economic nature.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    book with 28 gelatin silver prints and one mailing envelope

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.86 × 17.15 × 2.54 cm (9 × 6 3/4 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.153.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran Art Auction, Washington, DC, November 1997); Dr. Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D., Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, inside book, in graphite: THREE DAYS / IN BERLIN / 1987. / [in blue ink]: 54/100 / LAMF / John Gossage

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