Untitled (We will no longer be seen and not heard)

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Untitled (We will no longer be seen and not heard)

1985

Barbara Kruger (American, born 1945) Printed by Derrière L'Etoile Studios, New York Published by Peter Blum Edition, New York

In this work Kruger invokes the aphorism “Children should be seen and not heard.” The children depicted here range from school-age youngsters to youthful adults whose gestures hint at—but do not literally make the sign language for— the words printed nearby. Some of the gestures in fact seem lewd, lending an aggressive tone to the generational and social dissent that the words and pictures suggest.

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Object Details

Titles:

Untitled (We will no longer be seen and not heard)

Date:

1985

Artists:

Barbara Kruger (American, born 1945) Printed by Derrière L'Etoile Studios, New York Published by Peter Blum Edition, New York

Medium:

Color lithograph from photomechanical and hand-drawn plates, and screenprint

Dimensions:

Image and sheet (each): 20 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches (52.7 x 52.4 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Hunt Corporation (formerly Hunt Manufacturing Co.) Arts Collection Program, 1986

Accession Number:

1986-131-1--9

Geography:

Made in New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

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