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Sarah Charlesworth
Figures1983

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Diptych photograph: left panel shows a draped satin gown standing alone against black; right panel shows a nude figure with brown skin floating horizontally against vivid red, fabric pulled across the back

Sarah Charlesworth, Figures, 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, digital image © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sarah Charlesworth
United States, New Jersey, East Orange, 1947-2013
Title
Figures
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1983
Medium
Dye destuction prints
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Accession Number
M.91.126a-b
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992, vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Morse, Rebecca. Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
Copyright
© Estate of Sarah Charlesworth

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