Reduce/Increase
Artist
William Wegman
(American, born 1943)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.38 × 27.76 cm)
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 13/16 inches (50.34 × 40.18 cm)
Mount: 19 13/16 × 15 13/16 inches (50.32 × 40.16 cm)
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 13/16 inches (50.34 × 40.18 cm)
Mount: 19 13/16 × 15 13/16 inches (50.32 × 40.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.112
SignedSigned, edition, and dated on mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "7/15 William Wegman 79"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount recto, upper right, in pencil: "TH1166"
Edition/State/Proofed. 7/15
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of man dressed as woman with long wig and sheer party dress with decorative beading and a scalloped hem. On the image are markings along the right side of his body that read "REDUCE, INCREASE, REFINE, LENGTHEN, SHAVE".ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© William Wegman
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