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Barbara Kruger
Untitled (You Substantiate Our Horror)1985

Not on view
Vertical print combining high-contrast black and white close-up of a face pressed by a large hand, divided by red bars, with bold text reading 'You substantiate our horror'

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (You Substantiate Our Horror), 1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Barbara Kruger
United States, New Jersey, Newark, active New York City and Los Angeles, born 1945
Title
Untitled (You Substantiate Our Horror)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1985
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
123 x 93 in. (312.42 x 236.22 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.87.132a-c
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Morse, Rebecca. Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
Copyright
© Barbara Kruger