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GLENN LIGON (B. 1960)
Condition Report
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Glenn Ligon 2000 Condition Report B.A.T.' 'L.' and 'R.' respectively (on the reverse of each element)
diptych
digital iris prints with screenprint on paper
image: 291⁄2 x 215⁄8in. (74.8 x 55cm.) (and smaller)
sheet: 317⁄8 x 225⁄8in. (81 x 57.5cm.) (each)
Executed in 2000. This diptych is the Bon à tirer aside from the edition of twenty plus one artist's proof.
Literature
H. Cotter, "Invoking Marcus Garvey While Looking Ahead," New York Times, 24 August 2001.
M. Berger, Patrons of Progress: The New School University Art Collection, New York, 2002, p. 9, fig. 4 (another example illustrated).
M. Tung, "Ligon's 'Changes' Confronts Political, Social, Personal Conflicts," Rice Thresher, 20 January 2006.
R. Meyer, "Light it Up, or How Glenn Ligon Got Over," Artforum, vol. 44, no. 9, May 2006, pp. 243-244 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Studio Museum in Harlem, Red Black and Green: Loans to and Selections from the Studio Museum Collection, August-September 2001 (another example exhibited).
Toronto, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol Museum; Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts and Luxembourg, Mudam-Museè d'art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Glenn Ligon -- Some Changes, June 2005-December 2007, pp. 115, 117 and 133, no. 25 (illustrated in colour, another example exhibited).
Warsaw, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Black Alphabet: Contexts of Contemporary African American Art, September-November 2006, pp. 89 and 206 (illustrated in colour, another example exhibited).
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