A cerebral and unsettling work by German conceptual artist Rosemarie Trockel, *Study for Old Friend* reflects her ongoing interrogation of identity, memory, and the uncanny. Characteristic of Trockel's practice, the piece blurs the boundaries between the familiar and the strange, inviting viewers to question the nature of relationships and recognition. The title's intimate suggestion of nostalgia is held in tension with Trockel's typically cool, detached sensibility.