Three large black cylinders over a photo of hands playing two bongos.

Sculpture

Body of a Comic

1984

Medium
Painted steel drums with motor, timer, and transparency in lightbox
Dimensions
Overall: 120 × 114 × 48 in. (304.8 × 289.6 × 121.9 cm)
Accession number
91.59.2a-i
Acquired
1991
Credit line
Gift of Raymond J. Learsy, by exchange
Reproduction credit
© Robert Longo/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

Robert Longo, Body of a Comic, 1984. Painted steel drums with motor, timer, and transparency in lightbox, overall: 120 × 114 × 48 in. (304.8 × 289.6 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Raymond J. Learsy, by exchange 91.59.2a-i. © Robert Longo/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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