Ten Months
1977–1979
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10 gelatin silver prints and 10 text panels
Dimensions
image/sheet (each gelatin silver print): 21 × 54 cm (8 1/4 × 21 1/4 in.) image/sheet (each text panel): 9.2 × 37.1 cm (3 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.) framed (each gelatin silver print): 23.2 × 56.2 × 3.5 cm (9 1/8 × 22 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.) framed (each text panel): 11.8 × 39.7 × 3.5 cm (4 5/8 × 15 5/8 × 1 3/8 in.) overall (installed): 203 × 518 cm (79 15/16 × 203 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, Gregory and Aline Gooding Fund, and David Knaus Fund
Accession Number
2020.76.1.a-t
Art Historical Context
Susan Hiller's *Ten Months* (1977–1979) is a poignant conceptual artwork comprising ten gelatin silver prints—classic black-and-white photographs known for their rich tonal depth and archival quality—paired with ten corresponding text panels. Displayed as a large-scale installation (over 2 meters tall and 5 meters wide when fully assembled), this series invites viewers to engage sequentially, reflecting the passage of time through its methodical structure. Hiller, a pioneering British-American artist associated with conceptual and feminist art movements, used this intimate format to explore pe...