Who is Nobody? from Nobody Series
Date1973
Artist
e. jean lanyon
(American artist and poet, born 1935)
MediumEmbossed etching
Dimensionsplate: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 14.9 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (33.7 × 24.3 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (33.7 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2023
Object number2023-38.8
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn this print series, lanyon explores intentional or forced anonymity. Accompanying poems consider the social circumstance of people desiring or forced into invisibility. nobody
stoop shouldered
shuffling along
nobody
stoop shouldered
sing me a song
did you ever
have a home
wear a suit
own a comb
did you ever
have a whirl
dream a dream
love a girl
nobody
stoop shouldered
sing me a song
nobody
stoop shouldered
shuffling along.
e. jean lanyon
November 19, 1973