Liliana Porter
Forced Labor

Forced Labor
Forced Labor
Forced Labor
ArtistArgentinean, born 1941
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Forced Labor
Date2006
MediumAssemblage of stone and polychrome plastic with graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 3/16 × 9 9/16 in. (38.5 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Renée and Stanford Wallace
Object number2017.133
Not on view

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Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: "Forced labor" stones -
Recto: Signed and dated in graphte, bottom right corner: Liliana Porter '06 [cursive]
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Recto: Signed and dated in graphte, bottom right corner: Liliana Porter '06 [cursive]
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