Marcos (in bed)

1987, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows the upper half of a person lying on a bed, partially covered with a blanket. The person is lying on their back, with one arm behind their head and the other arm under the blanket. The individual has short, dark hair and darker skin tone. They have a neutral expression while looking upwards towards the ceiling. The setting is a bedroom with the headboard of the bed visible. Above the bed, there is a large framed picture on the wall displaying a classical architectural scene, surrounded by smaller photographs including a portrait of a baby and another of an adult. The room has light-colored walls. The image is in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with black marker

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    image: 32.4 × 21.8 cm (12 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4790

  • 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: 148.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1987/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155779

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