Black-and-white parking lot photograph above bold text stating that an artist is not merely the slavish announcer of facts.

Photographs

An Artist is Not Merely the Slavish Announcer

1966–1968

Medium
Photographic emulsion, varnish, and gesso on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 59 1/8 × 45 × 7/8 in. (150.2 × 114.3 × 2.2 cm)
Accession number
92.21
Acquired
1992
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and gift of an anonymous donor
Reproduction credit
© John Baldessari<br>Permission courtesy of the artist
Department
collection

About this work

John Baldessari, An Artist is Not Merely the Slavish Announcer, 1966–1968. Photographic emulsion, varnish, and gesso on canvas, overall: 59 1/8 × 45 × 7/8 in. (150.2 × 114.3 × 2.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and gift of an anonymous donor 92.21. © John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

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