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Standing Together

Luster Willis
  • LW - Standing Together - Master Image

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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. We should stand together.