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Artist/Maker
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
(American, born 1982)
Publisher
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Date2017
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 in. × 10 in. (33.8 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.7.3
Not on view
Description"Paul Mpagi Sepuya bases his work in portraiture, storytelling, and homoerotic visual culture. He investigates the role of the studio as a social environment by staging photographs with his friends, partners, and lovers as subjects and employing mirrors and collage techniques. This unique print is part of the Figure series, and has never been shown or published until now. Sepuya received his BFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2004 and his MFA from the University of California Los Angeles in 2016." (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)
Additional Details
Provenance
2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings
Marks: "EPSON; Epson / Professional Paper" on verso printed repeatedly across sheet.
Signature
Signed "P[illeg.]" on verso at lower left in ink.
Inscribed
"21/50" on verson at lower right in ink.
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