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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

John Baldessari, Two Men with Alphabets, 1984, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Judy and Stuart Spence, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

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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