Letters arranged in a cross spelling "desire" horizontally and "despair" vertically.

Sculpture

Desire, Despair

1996

Medium
Metal, plastic, plexiglass and wood
Dimensions
Overall: 117 1/2 × 56 1/4 in. (298.5 × 142.9 cm)
Accession number
97.102.2a-l
Acquired
1997
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee
Department
collection

About this work

Jack Pierson, Desire, Despair, 1996. Metal, plastic, plexiglass and wood, overall: 117 1/2 × 56 1/4 in. (298.5 × 142.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 97.102.2a-l

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