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Art Bridges Collection
Sherrie LevineAfter Russell Lee: 1-60
About
After Russell Lee: 1-60 is a continuation of Levine's ongoing practice of photographically reproducing historically celebrated artworks.
Like other members the Pictures Generation, including Richard Prince, Barbara Kruger and David Salle, Levine appropriates pre-existing images. By replicating famous works, Levine challenges notions of originality, authenticity, and identity.
With these 60 prints, the artist reproduces the images of Russell Lee, a photographer who was hired by the Farm Security Administration in 1935 to photograph the rural poverty that resulted from the Great Depression.
By removing these pictures from their original context, the artist complicates their meaning. In addition to continuing Levine’s examination of authorship, After Russell Lee: 1-60 questions how culture dictates the perception of images.
Artist
Sherrie Levine
Dimensions
Each print: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Framed: 21 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.
Credit Line
Art Bridges
Date
2016
Medium
Giclée prints
Object Number
AB.2018.2
Signed
verso, first print: [signed, titled, dated]
Inscriptions
verso: [numbered]
Provenance
(David Zwirner, New York, NY); purchased by Art Bridges, TX, 2018
