Untitled (Will), from the Untitled Portfolio

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Will), from the Untitled Portfolio, 1985, photo-offset lithograph and screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1986.50F
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Will), from the Untitled Portfolio, 1985, photo-offset lithograph and screenprint on paper, sheet: 20 1⁄2 x 20 1⁄2 in. (52.0 x 52.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1986.50F

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Will), from the Untitled Portfolio
Artist
Publisher
Peter Blum Edition
Date
1985
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 20 1⁄2 x 20 1⁄2 in. (52.0 x 52.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
photo-offset lithograph and screenprint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — letter
  • Figure male — fragment — hand
  • Allegory — quality — determination
  • Allegory — civic — rebellion
Object Number
1986.50F
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.50F

Artwork Description

Barbara Kruger is known for pairing incisive text with found photographs, usually taken from old advertisements or magazine illustrations. In this piece, she recasts an English proverb-- "Children should be seen and not heard"--as a "we" statement of refusal and protest. The force of each word is underscored by an image of an expressive hand gesture.
 
Who do you think is the "we" in this statement?

Works by this artist (4 items)

Donald Judd, Table Object, 1967, aluminum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.84.94
Table Object
Artist
Date1967
aluminum
On view
Donald Judd, Table Object, 1967, folded stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.66
Table Object
Artist
Date1967
folded stainless steel
On view
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1981, fabricated 1982, wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2014.13.2
Untitled
Artist
Date1981, fabricated 1982
wood
Not on view
Donald Judd, Untitled, from the Portfolio The New York Collection for Stockholm, 1973, color lithograph and screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.121, © 1973, Donald Judd
Untitled, from the Portfolio The New York Collection for…
Artist
Date1973
color lithograph and screenprint on paper
Not on view

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