Five Pickles (With Fingerprints) in the Shape of a Hand, from Artists & Photographers

Five color photographs arranged in the configuration of a human hand, each depicting a single pickle bearing visible fingerprints, mounted together on a single sheet of German Etching paper. Baldessari's deadpan conceptual wit is on full display here, merging the mundane and the corporeal in a work that playfully interrogates notions of authorship, identity, and the artist's touch. The visible fingerprints serve as both literal and metaphorical signatures, embedding the human presence within an otherwise absurd and humorous subject.