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Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

1989/2019

Barbara Kruger

Associated Names

Barbara Kruger

Artist, American, born 1945

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Artwork overview

Medium

single-channel video on LED panel, sound, 1 min., 4 sec.; Edition of 1, 1 of 1 AP
Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gift of Funds from Janet Benton, Mrs. Denise Saul and The Honorable Andrew M. Saul, Patricia Alford President, Catherine and Michael Podell, Peter Shields and Ace Werner, Kyle and Sharon Krause, Denise Gwyn Ferguson, Catherine Blanton Freedberg, Kaywin Feldman, Anonymous, Prince Charitable Trusts, Mary Anne Goley, and Mr. Robert C. Rea
Dimensions

overall: 350.2 × 350.2 cm (137 7/8 × 137 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2026.6.1
Copyright

Courtesy the artist, Davide Zwirner, and Sprüth Magers

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 2026 through (David Zwirner Gallery, New York and Sprueth Magers Gallery, New York) by NGA.

Associated Names

David Zwirner Gallery

Exhibition History

2021

Barbara Kruger: Thinking of you, I Mean Me, I Mean You, The Art Insitute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, April 2021- January 2023, fig. 1, (stills from the video version, p. 126; 127).

2022

Barbara Kruger, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY, 2022.

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