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Dolores Zinny
Word for Word: Decor for Distance2017

Not on view
Color photograph of a large stone-clad institutional building facade with vertical graphic panels of black and white tropical leaf motifs, flanked by tall palm trees, viewed from across a wide street
Large-scale exterior mural on a stone-clad museum facade, featuring bold graphic foliage forms in white, black, and pale yellow-green, with a stylized face partially visible at center; four tall palm trees stand in front of the mural.
Color photograph of a concrete museum facade at night, with large illuminated panels displaying bold black, white, and green abstract leaf motifs; tall palm trees line the sidewalk in front.
Color photograph of a large outdoor mural on a stone building facade, photographed at night. The backlit mural features bold black-and-white graphic foliage — sweeping palm fronds and tropical leaves — with a circular emblem at center. Tall palm trees stand in front of the illuminated wall, their silhouettes overlapping the composition.
Nighttime photograph of a museum exterior with a large illuminated mural of black, white, and green tropical foliage on a concrete wall, flanked by tall palm trees; a grid of vintage streetlamps extends along a plaza to the right.
Artist or Maker
Dolores Zinny
Argentina, born 1968
Artist or Maker
Juan Maidagan
Argentina, born 1957
Title
Word for Word: Decor for Distance
Date Made
2017
Medium
Installation
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Judith and Alexander Angerman through Contemporary@LACMA, 2017
Accession Number
M.2018.6.1-.3
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art