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LORNA SIMPSON, Coiffure, 1991

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Coiffure, 1991

Three gelatin silver prints and 10 engraved plastic plaques. 81 5/8 x 127 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (207.3 x 323.2 x 4.4 cm) overall. Signed "Lorna Simpson" on a label adhered to the reverse of the left panel; signed and titled "Lorna Simpson coiffure" on the reverse of the center panel. This work is an artist's proof from an edition of three plus one artist's proof.

PROVENANCE Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
EXHIBITED Minneapolis, Walker Arts Center, November 5, 1994 - March 26, 1995; Miami, Center for Fine Arts, Duchamp's Leg, December 2, 1995 - March 3, 1996 (another example exhibited); Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, April 16 - July 10, 2006; Miami Art Museum, October 13, 2006 - January 21, 2007; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, February 8 - May 6, 2007; Kalamazoo (Michigan), Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, May 25 - August 19, 2007; Charleston (South Carolina), Gibbes Museum of Art, Lorna Simpson, September 7 - December 2, 2007 (another example exhibited); Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The American Evolution: A History through Art, March 1 - July 27, 2008 (another example exhibited)
LITERATURE J. Haber, "Trying So Hard to Forget," Haber's Art Reviews (online content), 2007; A. Cheimets, "Parallel Evolution American History Through Art," The Georgetown Independent, Washington D.C., March 31, 2008

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