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A Performance:The Lifeguards Are Carrying a Still Body Out of the Water

1977

Ida Applebroog

Associated Names

Ida Applebroog

Artist, American, 1929 - 2023

This is an image of a text message. The text reads, "THE LIFEGUARDS ARE CARRYING A STILL BODY OUT OF THE WATER." The text is in a stencil font against a dark, solid 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 × 15.88 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2016.22.37
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

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Exhibition History

2006

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

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