Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings / Glenn Ligon
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.4
- Title
- Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Conceptual art
- Inscription
- Signed and dated in pencil, l.r.: Glenn Lignon '92 Numbered in pencil, l.l.: 27/45 Printed inscription: I AM AN INVISIBLE MAN...(adapted from Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man)
- Dimensions
- 63.5 cm x 43.82 cm (25 in. x 17 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- etching
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black letters on black background.
- Subject Matter
- One of a suite of four etchings incorporating text; this work quotes from Ralph Ellison's novel "The Invisible Man".
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 713 x 1011
- File Size
- 35 KB
- Record
- 1993/2.13.4
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-2.13.4/1993_2.13.4.jpg
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"Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings; Glenn Ligon." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-2.13.4/1993_2.13.4.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
