About the Artwork
Black Rage; or, How I Got Over; or, Sketches of the Life and Labor of Glenn Ligon
1993
Glenn Ligon (Artist) American, born 1960 Burnet Editions, New York (Printer)
Etching printed in black ink on greenish chine colle on white wove paper
Plate: 21 7/8 × 15 1/4 inches (55.6 × 38.7 cm) Sheet: 28 × 21 1/8 inches (71.1 × 53.7 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund
1996.61.8
Non-commercial all standard museum
Markings
Signed, lower right: Glenn Ligon '93
Inscribed in pencil, lower left of the white wove sheet: 26/45 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right of the white wove sheet: Glenn Ligon '93
Drystamp, lower right of the white wove sheet: BURNET / EDITIONS; watermark: ARCHES
Provenance
1996-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Glenn Ligon, Black Rage; or, How I Got Over; or, Sketches of the Life and Labor of Glenn Ligon, 1993, etching printed in black ink on greenish chine colle on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, 1996.61.8.
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