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John Baldessari
Two Men with Alphabets1984

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Black-and-white print with two full-length male figures side by side — one in a suit with hands cupped to mouth, one in a fur cold-weather suit — above two repeated rows of bold italic alphabet and numeral characters
Artist or Maker
John Baldessari
United States,1931-2020
Title
Two Men with Alphabets
Date Made
1984
Medium
Black-and-white photograph
Dimensions
Framed: 48 1/2 x 30 3/4 x 1 in. (123.19 x 78.11 x 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Judy and Stuart Spence
Accession Number
M.2007.171
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Learning to Read with John Baldessari. Mexico City: Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, 2017.
Copyright
© John Baldessari 1984. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari

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