Bite the Bullet: Slow Guns for Quick Sale (To Be Etched On Your American Mind)
1977
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View on museum website →Medium
photo-etching in black on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
image: 75.6 x 106 cm (29 3/4 x 41 3/4 in.) sheet: 75.6 x 106 cm (29 3/4 x 41 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.1
About the Artist
Vito Acconci
Vito Hannibal Acconci was born on January 24, 1940, in the Bronx, New York, to Italian immigrant parents as their only son, named after his ailing grandfather. Raised in a supportive household that encouraged artistic pursuits, he attended Roman Catholic schools, including Regis High School, where classrooms lacked female students until graduate school. Acconci earned a BA in literature from the C...