SOPHIE CALLE

The dice

Ivory dice set in red leather box with satin lining (printed with gold text), suede and leather interio

r3 ½ × 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in8.9 × 7.3 × 7.3 cm

“I have always liked others to make decisions for me. B. and I played a game: on even-numbered days he made the decisions, on odd-numbered days I did. When he left for the States he gave me a dice to replace him.” Sophie Calle

Stills from Ana Mendieta, Silueta Sangrienta, 1975. Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent, 1:51 minutes. Museum purchase by the Jere Abbott Acquisitions Fund in partnership with the New Media Arts Consortium, a collaboration of the art museums at Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Colby College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, and Skidmore College, 2017.387. © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong.