III (Wish #1, Wish #2, Wish #3) Set of 3 Wishbones - Peter Norton Christmas Gift by Lorna Simpson

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III (Wish #1, Wish #2, Wish #3) Set of 3 Wishbones - Peter Norton Christmas Gift

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Fanciful set of three different wishbones by Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960). Three wishbones, one made of bronze, one rubber, one ceramic, are encased in a wood box with felt. The felt has printing on it: the image of a wishbone with "Wish #1" "Wish #2" and "Wish #3". The inside of the lid is etched with information about the gift. This was produced as a Christmas gift as a part of the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project.

Box dimensions: 13.5"H x 5.5"W x 2.25"D

Lorna Simpson makes conceptual photographs and collages that explore issues of representation, identity, and history as they relate to the African American female experience. She combines original, found, or archival images with snippets of text, washes of paint, and collaged elements. Simpson often works in series and with gridded formats as she simultaneously generates meaning and mystery; she often shows her subjects from behind or obscured, which further rejects simple narrative resolutions. Simpson has been the subject of solo shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, among other institutions. She featured at the Venice Biennale in 1990 and 2015, at Documenta in 1987 and 2002, and at the Whitney Biennial in 1993, 1995, and 2002. On the secondary market, Simpson’s work has sold for up to six figures. Her practice has also encompassed film. See less