Why Don't You Come Up and See Mine Sometime?

1977

Vito Acconci

Associated Names
Vito Acconci

Artist, American, 1940 - 2017

Doris Simmelink

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Stephen Thomas

Printer, American, active 1978

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image shows a series of rectangular shapes with overlapping black and white photo fragments forming an abstract collage of close-up images resembling parts of a human face and hands. The fragmented pieces suggest familiar elements found in a portrait, such as facial profiles and fingers, but their arrangement appears disjointed or reassembled. The text at the bottom provides an impression of handwritten notes, integrating the visual and textual elements in an abstract way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photo-etching in black on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 35.6 x 97.8 cm (14 x 38 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 76.2 x 106.4 cm (30 x 41 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.3

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in graphite; along bottom border: Why don't you come up and see mine sometime? or, Sex for Sale - Vito Acconci 1977 TP

Wikidata ID

Q75412569

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