Sekula, Allan. Dictatorship of the Seven Seas, 1990–1994. Fourteen silver dye bleach prints and four text panels, See components. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Henry Nias Foundation, the Photography Committee, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, and the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc., 2004.33a-r. (Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Dictatorship of the Seven Seas

1990–1994

Allan Sekula

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Sekula, Allan
Classification: Photographs
Formatted Medium: Fourteen silver dye bleach prints and four text panels
Medium: silver, dye, bleach, prints, text, panels
Dimensions: See components
Accession Number: 2004.33a-r
Credit Line: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Henry Nias Foundation, the Photography Committee, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, and the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.

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