Andres Serrano b. 1950

oversized Cibachrome print, front-mounted to Plexiglas, signed, titled, and numbered '5/10' by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, in a frame designed to the photographer's specifications, Stux Gallery, New York, and Andres Serrano: Works 1983-1993 exhibition labels, on the reverse, 1984, no. 5 in an edition of 10

Acquired by the present owner from Stux Gallery, New York, 1990

Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Andres Serrano: Works 1983-1993, November 1994 - January 1995; and traveling to:

New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, January - April 1995

Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, May - July 1995

Houston, Contemporary Art Museum, September - November 1995

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, December 1995 - February 1996

Patrick T. Murphy, Robert Hobbs, Wendy Steiner, and Marcia Tucker, Andres Serrano: Works 1983-1993 (Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1994, in conjunction with the exhibition), unpaginated (this print)

Other prints of this image:

Oliva Maria Rubio and Mieke Bal, Andres Serrano: El dedo en la llaga (Artium, TeclaSala, Ajuntment de L'Hospitalet, and PhotoEspaña, 2006, in conjunction with the exhibition), unpaginated

Brian Wallis, ed., Andres Serrano: Body and Soul (New York, 1995), unpaginated

This photograph is front-mounted to Plexiglas. When examined in raking light, there are significant light, cross-hatched scratches that are visible on the surface of the Plexiglas in the area of the cardinal's face. On the verso, there is light soiling from handling.
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