Headless Man Trying to Drink

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Headless Man Trying to Drink

2005
Sculpture
Fiberglass mannequin, shoes, Dutch wax-printed cotton, polymer-gypsum fountain, water pump, and wood
58 × 72 7/8 × 48 1/8 in. (147.32 × 185.17 × 122.17 cm)
Gift of Emily and Teddy Greenspan (M.2024.151.2)
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 2

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Bibliography

  • Lawson, Dhyandra. Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art & Poetics. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.