The Lesbian Project (15)

1997

Nikki S. Lee

Associated Names
Nikki S. Lee

Artist, Korean, born 1970

This photograph shows two women lying together on a plush, teal sofa, seen from above. One woman has tan skin, short, dark hair, and glasses. She is wearing a white sleeveless top and black pants, and she has a tattoo on her upper arm. The other woman lays on top of her, turning slightly towards the camera above them. This woman has light skin and short, light blonde hair. She is dressed in a sleeveless black top and velvety dark green pants. She reaches one arm back behind her to pull down the edge of her pants to reveal a tattoo on her lower back. The woman below her reaches to touch this tattoo, and her other hand is around the pale woman's shoulders. Below the sofa is a wooden floor.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Markings

in image, digital date stamp: 11 6'97

Wikidata ID

Q64158543

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