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"Blackface minstrel is a ghost story. It's about loss; there's a black mask and sublimation...[B]lackface minstrel was the first great American abstraction, even before jazz. It's the literal recording of the African body into American public culture. Disembodied eyes and lips float, hostage, in the electric black of the minstrel stage, distorting the African body into American blackface." —Ellen Gallagher
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The work is structurally sound and when intalled, sits flush with the wall via artist's nail holes periodically along the reverse. Very minor wear and handling marks are occasional. There is no apparent inpainting visible under ultraviolet light.
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Lot 29Sale 23978
Love ParadeELLEN GALLAGHER (B. 1965)Estimate: USD 60,000 - 80,000
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