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Untitled (I Remember the Very Day That I Became Colored) by Glenn Ligon — VisualArtsDB

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Untitled (I Remember the Very Day That I Became Colored)

1990

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 80 x 30 x 1 ⅜” (203.2 x 76.2 x 3.5 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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