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LORNA SIMPSON (1960 - ) Counting.
Photogravure with screenprint on wove paper, 1991. 2000x991 mm; 78 3/4x39 inches (sheet). Signed, dated and numbered 44/60 in pencil, lower right.
Provenance: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, with the label on the frame back; the Dr. Robert H. Derden Collection of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1991).
Conceptual artist Lorna Simpson explores the experiences of African-American women in contemporary society. In Counting she brings together imagery that places social and political emphasis on the physical transformation of hair for African-American women.
