A Performance: Where Do I Come From?

1977

Ida Applebroog

Associated Names
Ida Applebroog

Artist, American, 1929 - 2023

This is a photograph of a text-based artwork. The image features the phrase "WHERE DO I COME FROM? A PERFORMANCE" in large, bold, white stencil-like letters arranged vertically on a solid dark background. Below this central text, the name "IDA APPLEBROOG" appears in smaller, capitalized white letters. The overall presentation is simple and bold, with high contrast between the text and the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    artist book of offset lithographs

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 19.69 × 15.56 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.33

  • Series Title

    Galileo Works

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

Inscriptions

inside cover in black ink: Ida Applebroog / Dec 31, 1977 / 44/

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