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Untitled (“I know tomorrow is your day off…”)

1970–71
Not on view
In Wegman’s photographs, videos, and drawings of the late 1960s and 70s, pithy, often humorous actions are staged for the viewer and recorded by photographic medium or simple no. 2 pencils. After a few years teaching in Madison, Wisconsin, after graduate school, Wegman moved to Los Angeles in 1970, where he joined a cohort of other young artists interested in the burgeoning field of conceptual art. In California, these included Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, and Allen Ruppersberg, for example, all of whom made use of language or signage in their works of the time. In Wegman’s typewriter drawings of 1970–71, a semi-autobiographical narrator relates unrelated episodes that often end with a twist, word play, or some other playful turn.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Untitled (“I know tomorrow is your day off…”)
  • Artist: William Wegman (American, born 1943)
  • Date: 1970–71
  • Medium: Typewriter ink and xerox lithograph with graphite, blue pen and ink, and green marker
  • Dimensions: 11 × 8 7/16 in. (27.9 × 21.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2017
  • Object Number: 2017.430.7a, b
  • Rights and Reproduction: © William Wegman, Courtesy of the Artist
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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Selected Works: Reel 1, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 30 min., 12 sec.
Selected Works: Reel 1
William Wegman
1970–71
Raise Treat, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony AV 3600 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 30 sec.
Raise Treat
William Wegman
1972–73
Dancing Tape, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Panasonic 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 5 min., 29 sec.
Dancing Tape
William Wegman
1974–75
Down Time, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony AV 3600 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 37 sec.
Down Time
William Wegman
1973–74
Name Board, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony AV 3600 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 4 min., 41 sec.
Name Board
William Wegman
1972

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