body object series #4, cloth

1985, printed 1991

Ann Hamilton

Associated Names
Ann Hamilton

Artist, American, born 1956

The image shows a person sitting on a chair facing the camera directly. Their hands are resting on their thighs. Their face is covered by a large flowing piece of fabric. The person wears a short-sleeved t-shirt, dark pants, light-colored sneakers, and dark socks. There are no visible items of jewelry. The background is a dark wall with some scratches and marks, and the floor is concrete.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.95 x 10.95 cm (4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
    framed: 57.79 x 52.71 cm (22 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.144.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Louver Gallery, New York); (Sean Kelly, New York); Heather and Tony Podesta, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2011.

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

Inscriptions

on the inside of the front cover of the mat, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Louver 3490

Wikidata ID

Q64143993

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