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Memo Center with Bee

1979

Joanne Leonard

Associated Names

Joanne Leonard

Artist, American, born 1940

A clutter of papers pinned to a bulletin board is next to a rotary phone on a wall. The image is in black and white. The papers take up the left side, while the rotary phone is affixed to the wall on the right side, accompanied by a light switch. Above the phone, a few postcards and notes are tucked against the wall, and a decorative bee sculpture is positioned on the top left.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of the Artist in honor of her daughter, Julia Marjorie Leonard
Dimensions

image: 36.3 × 35.7 cm (14 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.)
sheet: 50.5 × 40.6 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)
Accession Number

2020.117.14
Series Title

Memo Center

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joanne Leonard, Ann Arbor, MI; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Leonard, Joanne

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Joanne Leonard / JOANNE LEONARD

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