Object of Desire

2005

Anila Rubiku

Associated Names
Anila Rubiku

Artist, Italian, born Albania, 1970

The image shows two individuals in a room. On the left, a woman sits sideways on a brown chair, her body turned to the left and her head looking over her shoulder to the right. She has white skin, golden hair, and wears a pink shirt and a white skirt with frilly white socks. A pair of red high heels are on the floor beside the bottom of the chair. She holds a red yarn ball in her hands, and the yarn travels through the wooden chair and on to the ground, where it appears to be connected to a pair of underwear. On the right, a man kneels, looking at the underwear. He also has white skin and dark hair in small dots on his head. He wears black pants with black suspenders over a white shirt with a purple tie. His right hand is held up to his chin, while his left hand holds a long black-and-white cloth on the floor, perhaps a long suit jacket. A silver lamp hangs by the man's head. The room has a white wooden floor and white walls, and a door stands ajar in the center of the composition.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: Anila Rubiku 2005

Wikidata ID

Q64535906

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