How to Be a Better Whore

1988

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows two individuals in a room. One person is lying down on a bedspread, facing upwards, from the knees to the head. This person has short, dark hair and wears a sleeveless top or dress and bracelets on one wrist. The other person is standing near the bed, facing the lying person. They have mid-length, dark hair, no shirt, a patterned cap, and jeans belted at the waist. The room has a two-toned textured wall, two leather chairs, a small white table with a tilted lamp, and some clothes and a bag on the bed.

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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: 32.6 × 21.4 cm (12 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4830

  • 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: 212.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Jim Goldberg

Wikidata ID

Q64155656

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