# Delirious Hem
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{{Short description|1995 painting by Ellen Gallagher}}
{{Infobox artwork
| image_file=Delirious_Hem.jpg
| image_size=260px
| title=Delirious Hem
| artist=[Ellen Gallagher](/source/Ellen_Gallagher)
| year = 1995
| medium=Graphite and colored pencil on papers, mounted on canvas
| height_metric=213.4
| width_metric=183.5
| city=[New York City](/source/New_York_City)
| museum=[Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art)
}}
'''''Delirious Hem''''' is a 1995 painting by [Ellen Gallagher](/source/Ellen_Gallagher). It is in the collection of the [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art) (the Met) in [New York, New York](/source/New_York%2C_New_York) in the [United States](/source/United_States).
==Description==
A part of Gallagher's first major body of work, ''Delirious Hem'' comprises pieces of paper glued to a canvas with five [penmanship](/source/penmanship) paper sets glued on top. Dispersed around the canvas are numerous groups of tiny human lips that represent [minstrel show](/source/minstrel_show)s and the stereotypes they perpetuate about [African American](/source/African_American)s. Gallagher has signed the back of the piece, on the backboard. The inscription reads: "Ellen Gallagher 1995".[{{cite web|title=Delirious Hem|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/490064|website=Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=9 February 2017}}]
==History==
This painting debuted at Gallapher's seminal solo exhibition at the [Mary Boone Gallery](/source/Mary_Boone_Gallery) in New York City in 1996. It was then sold to Norman Dubrow in 1996, who in turn donated it to the museum in 2010. Since acquiring it, the piece has traveled internationally for the [Tate Modern](/source/Tate_Modern) curated exhibition "Ellen Gallagher: AxME." It traveled to the Tate in 2013, the [Sara Hildén Art Museum](/source/Sara_Hild%C3%A9n_Art_Museum) in 2013–14, and the [Haus der Kunst](/source/Haus_der_Kunst) in 2014.