Erica Baum

Published: May 26, 2022, 12:58 a.m.

Erica Baum lives and works in New York. She is well known for her varied photographic series capturing text and image in found printed material, from paperback books to library indexes and sewing patterns. She received her MFA from Yale University in 1994 and her BA in Anthropology from Barnard in 1984.\n\nHer work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; SFMoMA, San Francisco; Sparkassen Stiftung Collection, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf; MAMCO, Geneva; Albright\u2010Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris; FRAC Ile de France, Paris; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.\n\nErica Baum Bow, 2022 (Patterns), Archival pigment print, 15 \xd7 13.9 in. (38.10 \xd7 35.31 cm), Edition of 6 plus II AP\n\nErica Baum Pant Pant Skirt, 2022 (Patterns), Archival pigment print, 15 \xd7 14.23 in. (38.10 \xd7 36.14 cm), Edition of 6 plus II AP