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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.19
People
Frank Noelker, American (born 1958)
Title
Pepper
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Chimp Portraits
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
2002
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/348040

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
sight: 70.3 x 70 cm (27 11/16 x 27 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frank Noelker, 2002, sold; [through Howard Yezerski Gallery, 2003]; to Jonathan Cutler and John R. Dreyer, Brookline, MA, (2003-2013), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jonathan Cutler and John R. Dreyer
Copyright
© Frank Noelker
Accession Year
2013
Object Number
2013.19
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Born 1970. Pepper was born at a Merck, Sharp & Dohme laboratory and spent 7 years at the Buckshire Corporation before arriving at LEMSIP (Laboratory for Experimental Research and Surgery in Primates at NYU). She was sent to this lab when she became too big to control. Pepper spent a total of 27 years in research. She was subjected to 307 knockdowns, 36 punch liver biopsies, 1 open wedge liver biopsy, 6 cervical biopsies, 10 lymph node biopsies and 4 bone marrow biopsies. Plagued by fear and anxiety, she will still rather starve herself than face an unpleasant situation.

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