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Collection Online as of July 21, 2026

A vertically oriented color photograph features a layered, double-exposure composition of overlapping faces with light skin tones. To our right, a profile bites a string of white pearls. In the center, another mouth grips the neck of a translucent glass bottle printed with "return for deposit." Saturated with warm peach and brown tones, the image includes a block of black fashion text in the top left corner.

Recto/Verso

1989

Robert Heinecken

(American, 1931–2006)
America
Cibachrome
Paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2013.57.7
© Robert Heinecken, Courtesy of Rhona Hoffman Gallery
Location: Not on view
  • Peters, Emily J. and Wehn, James. “Who RU2 Day?: Exposing mass media as a manufactured experience." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 6 (November/December 2018): 14-15. Reproduced: P. 14; Mentioned: P. 15 archive.org
  • Who RU2 Day: Mass Media and the Fine Art Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 18, 2018-March 24, 2019).
  • {{cite web|title=Recto/Verso|url=false|author=Robert Heinecken|year=1989|access-date=21 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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