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Less Than, Greater Than, 1994

  • Artist

    Ellen Gallagher

  • Title

    Less Than, Greater Than

  • Date

    1994

  • Medium

    Oil pencil and paper on canvas

  • Dimensions

    76 × 65 in. (193 × 165.1 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Lise and Michael Evans

  • Object Number

    2014.13

Less Than, Greater Than presents a minimalist grid composed of glued pieces of lined yellow school paper. As is often the case in Ellen Gallagher’s multimedia practice, the seemingly abstract work carefully reveals cultural meaning through the specificity of the material. Her title, a mathematical phrase and synonym for the word unequal, alludes to broader systems of economic and racial inequity that seep into all parts of society—including education and the arts.


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Artworks

Less Than, Greater Than, 1994

  • Artist

    Ellen Gallagher

  • Title

    Less Than, Greater Than

  • Date

    1994

  • Medium

    Oil pencil and paper on canvas

  • Dimensions

    76 × 65 in. (193 × 165.1 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Lise and Michael Evans

  • Object Number

    2014.13

Less Than, Greater Than presents a minimalist grid composed of glued pieces of lined yellow school paper. As is often the case in Ellen Gallagher’s multimedia practice, the seemingly abstract work carefully reveals cultural meaning through the specificity of the material. Her title, a mathematical phrase and synonym for the word unequal, alludes to broader systems of economic and racial inequity that seep into all parts of society—including education and the arts.


Explore further