St. Gabriel, Louisiana
July 12, 2000
Artist, American, born 1951
Deborah Luster
Attributed to
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: 12.6 × 10.1 cm (4 15/16 × 4 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.177.136
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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: 79; upper center: L.C.I.W. / St. Gabriel, / Louisiana / d.o.c. #384946 / d.o.b. 6.25.76 / p.o.b. New Orleans / sentence . 15 years / work . inner yard / Tattoo portrait of / inmates murdered / sister Elena / photo . 7.12.00; lower right: ca/p
Wikidata ID
Q64146409