"Shiphead," Angola, Louisiana
March 18, 1999
Artist, American, born 1951
Deborah Luster
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print on aluminum
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/plate: 12.7 × 10.16 cm (5 × 4 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.177.70
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Copyright
© Deborah Luster, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Julia J. Norrell, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2015
Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, incised upper right: 47; center: L.S.P. / Angola, / Louisiana / "Shiphead" / doc #75980 / d.o.b. 12.23.40 / p.o.b. Baton Rouge / entered LSP 1962 / Main Prison / Hospital / No Duty; bottom left: photo. 3.18.99; bottom right: CA/P
Wikidata ID
Q64146297