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Vito Acconci
Mistake1969

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Mixed-media work with handwritten text in white and pink-red on dark teal ground, with two affixed black-and-white photographs of a person with a camera and blurred foliage

Vito Acconci, Mistake, 1969, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, Photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Vito Acconci
United States, New York, Bronx, 1940-2017
Title
Mistake
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1969
Medium
3 gelatin-silver prints mounted on black board with chalk text
Dimensions
Image (sight): 29 5/8 × 30 5/8 in. (75.25 × 77.79 cm) Primary support (sight): 29 5/8 × 30 5/8 in. (75.25 × 77.79 cm) Frame: 30 3/4 × 40 13/16 × 1 1/2 in. (78.11 × 103.66 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
AC1994.3.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Vito H. Acconci / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, NY

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