{"product_id":"charles-ray-boy-whitney-museum-of-american-art-new-york-1997","title":"CHARLES RAY — Boy, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1997","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist postcard, Charles Ray, \u003cem\u003eBoy\u003c\/em\u003e, 1992. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1997. Offset-printed on card stock, 10.2 × 15.2 cm. Recto reproduces Ray’s \u003cem\u003eBoy\u003c\/em\u003e, 1992 — painted fiberglass, steel, and fabric; 181.6 × 68.6 × 86.4 cm overall. Verso carries the full museum caption, materials, dimensions, acquisition credit, accession number, and Whitney Museum copyright line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay’s work from the late 1980s and early 1990s often used mannequins, altered scale, and the human figure to create a strange tension between realism and artificiality. \u003cem\u003eBoy\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to this important period: a sculpture that appears direct and ordinary, but becomes unsettling through its stillness, surface, and institutional presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally produced as a museum postcard, this object was made for circulation rather than permanence. It carries the sculpture into another form: image, caption, acquisition record, and Whitney Museum imprint compressed into a portable printed support. A small institutional document attached to a major work by one of the defining American sculptors of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Light surface marks, faint age toning, and minor edge and corner wear consistent with handling and storage. Unposted. Ships securely packed; UK and international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whitney Museum of American Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53908004340050,"sku":"RAY-WHITNEY-PC-1997","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Charles_Ray_1997_01.jpg?v=1783075293","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/charles-ray-boy-whitney-museum-of-american-art-new-york-1997","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}