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Martin Kersels
Tossing a Friend1996

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Triptych of color photographs shot from below, showing a man tossing a dark-haired young woman into the air in front of a lavender-flowering shrub
Color photograph shot from a steep downward angle; a man in a blue denim shirt and sunglasses leans forward holding the legs of a second person whose upper body extends out of frame, above a dense flowering shrub with pale purple blooms against a blue sky.
Color photograph of a girl in a short dress and black shoes suspended mid-air above a standing figure in a blue shirt, arms raised, set against a dense flowering shrub with purple blooms and an overcast sky.
Color photograph shot from a low angle: a woman in a patterned shirt leaps with arms raised and hair mid-air, while a man in a denim shirt reaches toward her. Dense green shrubs with purple flowers and blue sky fill the background.
Artist or Maker
Martin Kersels
United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1960
Title
Tossing a Friend
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1996
Medium
Inkjet prints
Dimensions
Unframed each: 26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (67.31 x 100.33 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1997.8.1.1-.3
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.