Jonathan Borofsky’s monumental silhouette of a man carrying a briefcase portrays an urban Everyman. The artist was inspired in 1979 by a newspaper advertisement for men’s suits and subsequently made this archetypal office worker a recurring theme in his work. The number on the figure’s leg, “3277542,” reflects the artist’s habit of “signing” his pieces with a number from a continuous sequence.
- Title
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Man with Briefcase
- Artist
- Date
- 1987-1988
- Location
- Dimensions
- 320 × 94 1⁄2 × 2 3⁄4 in. (812.8 × 240.0 × 7.0 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Thelma and Melvin Lenkin and Julie Walters and Sam Rose in honor of Elizabeth Broun, Director from 1989 to 2016
- Mediums Description
- Cor-Ten steel
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Dress – accessory – handbag
- Figure male – full length
- Dress – accessory – hat
- Object Number
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2016.48
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
