Untitled (Black Like Me #2)
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Object Details
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon, American, b. Bronx, New York, 1960
- Exhibition History
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, unpublished checklist.
- THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC. Extended loan, 11 May 2009-13 January 2013.
- MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 70.
- Published References
- GOPNIK, BLAKE. "1600 Penn and Ink: Obamas' Choice of Works on Loan to White House Reflects a Discerning Eye," Washington Post ( 7 October 2009), online edition.
- DROHOJOWSKA-PHILP, HUNTER. "Glenn Ligon Gets Obama's Vote," Los Angeles Times (11 December 2009), online edition.
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 297, p. 321.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1993
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 93.3
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil stick and gesso on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80 × 30 in. (203.2 × 76.2 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- African-American Contemporary
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_93.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f3cfe293-fb26-4894-8637-eacd6bc68c13
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