Andres Serrano (B. 1950)

Klanswoman (Grand Klaliff - Knights of the KKK)

Details

Andres Serrano (B. 1950)
Klanswoman (Grand Klaliff - Knights of the KKK)
c-print in artist's frame
65.1/8 x 54.5/8in. (165.5 x 138.8cm.)
Executed in 1990, this work is from an edition of 4

Provenance

Stux Gallery, New York.

Literature

'Andres Serrano, Works 1983-1993', Philadelphia 1994 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 38).
B. Wallis (ed.), 'Andres Serrano, Body and Soul', Hong Kong 1995 (another from the edition illustrated in colour).

Lot Essay

Among all the Ku Klux Klan members Andres Serrano portrayed during his trip to Georgia in 1990, 'Grand Klaliff' was the only woman. "She) was so poor, she did not have a telephone. In order to pose, she had to obtain permission from her father because he was her KKK superior." (R. Hobbs, in 'Andres Serrano, Works 1983-1993', Philadelphia 1994, pp. 38-39.)

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