American Lives 1

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Artist/Maker	Barbara Nessim (artist)
Place of origin	New York (City) (made)

72 Polaroid prints assembled in the red, white and blue design of the American flag.

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Title	American Lives 1 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	72 Polaroid prints, mounted on board Polaroid Photography
Brief description	American Lives 1, 72 polaroid prints by Barbara Nessim, 1989
Physical description	72 Polaroid prints assembled in the red, white and blue design of the American flag.
Dimensions	Frame width: 1310mm Frame height: 960mm
Gallery label	Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life (V&A, 2013; Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 2014-15) American Lives 1 1989 In 1987 Nessim began to create a series of artworks based on the flags of various countries. She used a Commodore Amiga computer to redraw images from her sketchbooks, then printed them using a Polaroid camera system. The individual images were then arranged to form each flag. 72 Polaroid prints, mounted on board Museum no. E.70-2013
Credit line	Given by the artist
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.70-2013

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Record created	November 23, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1257744/american-lives-1-photograph-barbara-nessim/

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