Signifiers for a Male Response
Artist
Hal Fischer(American, born 1950)American, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Signifiers for a Male Response
- from the series Gay Semiotics
Date1977, printed 2017
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 26 × 17 in. (66.1 × 43.2 cm)
Sheet: 29 15/16 × 24 in. (76.1 × 61 cm)
Sheet: 29 15/16 × 24 in. (76.1 × 61 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carl Niendorff
Object number2023.508
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Published References Fischer, Hal. Gay Semiotics [Male Symbol]. Seconded. Los Angeles: Cherry and Martin, 2015. Fischer, Hal. Hal Fischer : The Gay Seventies. Firsted. San Francisco, California: Gallery 16, 2019. Fischer, Hal, and Julia Bryan-Wilson. “Gay Semiotics Revisited: Hal Fischer in Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson.” Aperture 218, no. 218 (2015): 32–39. Thomas, Lew, Donna-Lee Phillips, Hal Fischer, Louise Katzman, Lew Thomas, Donna-Lee Phillips, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Thought Pieces : 1970s Photographs by Lew Thomas, Donna-Lee Phillips, and Hal Fischer. Edited by Erin O'Toole. Firsted. London: Mack, 2020. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom right: H. Fischer [signed] 1977/2017 7/15
Signed in black ink, verso, bottom right: H. Fischer
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Mike Kelley
2001
Chromogenic print mounted to acrylic
2023.527