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Alexis Smith
The Girl Can’t Help It1985

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Mixed-media assemblage, two hanger-shaped panels with newspaper backing; left holds a black lace bustier, right features a small plastic camera and collaged press clippings with printed text
Mixed-media assemblage: a black lace bustier mounted on a printed street map and text page, framed within a black rectangular frame topped with a flesh-toned clothing hanger shape. Bold text on the map reads "EXCESS FRONTAGE OVERHANG."
Mixed-media assemblage on a clipboard-shaped backing: newspaper pages printed with maps and text, overlaid with a black-and-white photographic print of a landscape, a vintage box camera suspended by a cord, and bold printed text reading "Not another stunt!...an accident!" A wooden coat hanger shape is visible at the top.
Artist or Maker
Alexis Smith
United States, 1949-2023
Title
The Girl Can’t Help It
Date Made
1985
Medium
Mixed media collage on two panels
Dimensions
Panel: 26 1/2 × 18 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (67.31 × 47.94 × 3.81 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Merry Norris
Accession Number
M.2015.134.1-.2
Classification
Collages
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Graham, Anthony. Alexis Smith: The American Way. San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; New York: Scala Arts Publishers, 2022.
Copyright
© Estate of Alexis Smith. Courtesy of the Estate of Alexis Smith and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York