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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Digital Archive Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980
Art David Hammons, Untitled
Untitled, by David Hammons, 1976

David Hammons, Artist
Untitled , 1976

Medium
Body print
Dimensions
32 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (81.9 x 67.3 cm)
Credit Line
Collection of Linda Goode Bryant, New York. Photo by Ed Glendinning

This process-based work combines an impression of Hammons's body with additional visual elements, emphasizing the performative nature of the gesture of incorporating the artist's face into the composition. Its transparent quality—as well as the spurred appearance of the figure’s neck, which brings to mind a spinal cord—gives the work an X-ray-like appearance. Large puzzle pieces come together to form the jagged head, as if representing the various pieces that form Hammons’s identity.