Found Object/Lost Object

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Jay Boersma

Title

Found Object/Lost Object

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1988

Medium

Mixed media (Gelatin silver prints with wire)

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, of left object, lower left, below image, in black ink: "FOUND OBJECT"; recto, of right object, lower left, below image, in black ink: "LOST OBJECT"; signed and inscribed recto, of right object, lower right, below image, in black ink: "Boersma 1987"; verso unchecked

Dimensions

Each image: 24.2 × 19.1 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Each paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Art Rental and Sales Gallery Fund

Reference Number

1991.73

Extended information about this artwork

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