Empty plate labeled "Not good enough" beside a woman's neckline reading "But good enough to serve".

Photographs

C-Rations

1991

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 48 3/16 in. (62.9 × 122.4 cm) Image: 18 13/16 × 42 1/4 in. (47.8 × 107.3 cm) Image (Left): 18 13/16 × 21 in. (47.8 × 53.3 cm) Image (Right): 18 13/16 × 20 1/2 in. (47.8 × 52.1 cm)
Accession number
2010.134
Acquired
2010
Credit line
Gift of Arthur and Susan Fleischer
Reproduction credit
© Lorna Simpson
Edition
3/50
Department
collection

About this work

Lorna Simpson, C-Rations, 1991. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 24 3/4 × 48 3/16 in. (62.9 × 122.4 cm) Image: 18 13/16 × 42 1/4 in. (47.8 × 107.3 cm) Image (Left): 18 13/16 × 21 in. (47.8 × 53.3 cm) Image (Right): 18 13/16 × 20 1/2 in. (47.8 × 52.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur and Susan Fleischer 2010.134. © Lorna Simpson

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