I'm too sad to tell you (1970–71) is a mixed media artwork by conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader.[2] The work includes a three-minute black-and-white silent film, still photographs and a post card all related to him crying for an unknown reason. The photographs include both a short hair version and a long hair version.[3] The post cards were mailed to his friends with the inscription “I'm too sad to tell you”.[4] There was an original, now lost, version of the film called Cry Claremont. It was shown in the Pomona College Gallery in Claremont, California in 1971-72.[5]
In conjunction with the title of the work, the reason for his sadness was never stated.[6]
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