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    Artwork Survey: 1980s

    Glenn Ligon
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    • Afro Sheen/Invisible Object
      1985
      Synthetic polymer, ink, and graphite on paper
      22 1/8 × 15 1/4 inches
      Collection of the artist

      Photo: Ronald Amstutz

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Endless Column/Nu Nile (Yellow)
      1985
      Synthetic polymer, ink, and graphite on paper
      22 1/8 × 15 1/4 inches
      Collection of the artist

      Photo: Ronald Amstutz

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Untitled (There Is a Consciousness We All Have...)
      1988
      Oil, synthetic polymer, oil stick, and graphite on two sheets of paper
      30 × 44 3/4 inches overall
      Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Agnes Gund

      © MoMA licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

    • No. 167 (Sailors)
      1989
      Oil, synthetic polymer, oil stick, and graphite on paper
      30 × 22 1/4 inches
      Private collection

      Photo: Ronald Amstutz

      © Glenn Ligon

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