I'm Dave (walking away)

1989, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of three individuals walking through an alleyway. The scene captures the backs of the three figures as they walk away from the camera along a narrow alleyway lined with brick buildings. The person closest to the camera is wearing a plaid shirt with various phrases and drawings scribbled across the fabric. The surrounding environment consists of urban industrial elements, such as brick walls and a distant view of a car parked further down the alley. The photograph's black and white tones highlight the textures of the alleyway and the casual posture of the walking figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    image: 32.3 × 21.5 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4723

  • 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: 31.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1989/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT; by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q64155650

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