Alex's Bar Mitzvah
1982
Sylvia Plachy
Artist, American, born Hungary, 1943
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Julia J. Norrell in honor of Joan Oshinsky and Cathleen Murnane)
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Dimensions
image: 31.35 × 46.36 cm (12 5/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
sheet: 40.32 × 50.48 cm (15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.5088
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Julia J. Norrell, Washington, DC, 2006; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006; acquired by NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Alex's Bar Mitzvah / 1982 / Sylvia Plachy; by unknown hand, bottom right in black ink: 8212 12 12; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, vertical along bottom right edge in graphite: 2006.014.014
Wikidata ID
Q64170433