Blinks
Vito Acconci
1969
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View on museum website →Medium
4 gelatin silver prints
Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 6.9 × 9.5 cm (2 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Brinker Foundation Fund
Accession Number
2007.58.1
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...