Scooter

1990, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image depicts a person standing in front of a gas stove in a cluttered kitchen area. The individual is wearing a cap with a Los Angeles Lakers logo, a dark jacket, a light-colored shirt, and a fingerless glove on one hand. The person's head is slightly tilted downward with their eyes closed or looking downwards, highlighting their facial features such as a sharp jawline. They are holding their palms over the stove burners, appearing to warm their hands. The kitchen walls have markings and drawings, including a question mark and various scribbles. The overall scene conveys a sense of disorder and clutter.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    image: 32.5 × 21.4 cm (12 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4819

  • Series Title

    Raised by Wolves

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jim Goldberg, San Francisco; Betsy Karel, formerly Betsy K. Frampton, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 187.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1990/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155643

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