Four Nudes, No Drinks

2003 louise lawler photo of a gerhard richter photo of a blurred painting of his wife descending a staircase, turned on its side as it waits for installation or shipment in a christies showroom, sold at christies in 2012
Louise Lawler, Nude, 2002-03, Cibachrome print mounted on aluminum box, 59½ x 47½ in., ed 5, this one sold at Christie’s in 2012

This is one of the Four Nudes Louise Lawler showed at Metro Pictures, beginning on 15 Febrary 2003, the date of a worldwide protest march in which millions and millions of people protested the fraudulent escalation toward the US-led war in Iraq.

announcement for the 15 february 2003 opening of louise lawler's four nudes show at metro pictures in nyc, with a text that reads in all caps, No drinks for those who do not support the anti-war demonstration. via andrew russeth, who i do believe may have been working at metro pictures around this time or a little after?

h/t @russeth.bsky.social