Bill Jay
Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality, A Personal Post-Mortem Project

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Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality, A Personal Post-Mortem Project
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ArtistAmerican, born England, 1940–2009
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality, A Personal Post-Mortem Project
Date2009
MediumGum bichromate print from the ashes of Bill Jay
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in. (16 × 12 cm)
 Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 13/16 in. (24.5 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2016.194.1
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of Bill Jay.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right edge: 10/10, ©, 2009. James Hajicek [signed]
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right edge: James Hajicek

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