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Arthur Jafa
Monster1988 (printed 2017)

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Artist or Maker
Arthur Jafa
United States, born 1960
Title
Monster
Date Made
1988 (printed 2017)
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.32 cm) Frame: 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (64.77 × 54.61 × 4.29 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Contemporary@LACMA, 2021
Accession Number
M.2022.43
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.

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