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1989, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image depicts a shirtless person with only their back and partial arms visible, captured from a rear angle. They are standing with one foot elevated onto a surface. The individual has curly hair of medium length and is wearing light-colored jeans. A patterned bandana is tucked into their waistband, with a belt visible. There is a dark liquid or ink substance on their right arm. In the background, a man with a mustache wearing sunglasses is partially visible inside a van parked on a street, along with another vehicle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
    image: 32.2 × 24.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4853

  • 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: 261.

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

Q64155686

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