Standing Together

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Luster Willis

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
1986
Paint, glitter, glue, ballpoint pen, pencil, on paper
20 x 12.25 inches

Collection of:

  • The Morgan Library & Museum
  • museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description: 

A light-skinned, well-dressed woman looks disdainfully at a darker, simply-dressed couple. But all are without shoes. Willis's message: We are all the same. All of us need more than we have.

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A light-skinned, well-dressed woman looks disdainfully at a darker, simply-dressed couple. But all are without shoes. Willis's message: We are all the same. All of us need more than we have. We should stand together.

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