Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Surveillance is your Busywork)

Untitled (Surveillance is your Busywork)
Untitled (Surveillance is your Busywork)
Untitled (Surveillance is your Busywork)
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled (Surveillance is your Busywork)
Date1983
MediumColor lithograph
DimensionsImage: 11 × 28 1/16 in. (28 × 71.2 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 28 1/16 in. (28 × 71.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morris Weiner
Object number2023.248
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Swann Auction Galleries, New York, Contemporary Art: Featuring the Collection of Norman Dolph, June 8, 2023, Sale 2640, lot 315]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
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