Runaways

Max Protetch|Glenn Ligon

1993 · Portfolio of 10 lithographs and folded paper cover with printed title · Modern and Contemporary Art

The stylized figures and descriptive texts in these prints resemble the classified ads that were placed by nineteenth-century enslavers. Like the originals, they contain information that could assist in identifying a fugitive from slavery, including physical characteristics, personality traits, and clothing. Here, however, Ligon himself is the subject of the ads and the descriptions are provided by his friends. As with much of his work, he creates a paradox between the impersonal advertisements for lost "property" and the autobiographical information given.

Artist

Max Protetch|Glenn Ligon

Date

1993

Medium

Portfolio of 10 lithographs and folded paper cover with printed title

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1998