Crazy Boy

1988, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows a man sitting and leaning against a large cylindrical object on a sidewalk. The man has short, textured hair and a defined facial structure and is wearing a light-colored button-up shirt, partially unbuttoned, and long checkered pants. The background is an urban nighttime street scene with blurred lights of traffic and pedestrians. A large billboard and a street light are visible in the background.

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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: 32.4 × 21.4 cm (12 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4774

  • 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: 116.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1988/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155760

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