Boston (Darrel and Barbara met a year ago when Darrel saw Barbara sitting on a wall. "We talked and decided to pool our money to buy a half-pint," he says. "We've been together ever since." On frigid weekends, especially after the sun sets and before the shelter opens, they ride the subway to keep warm. "Riding the train gives us some peace, some space away from the rest of them.")

1999

Betsy Karel

Artist, American, born 1946

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy K. Karel)
Dimensions

image: 27 × 54.2 cm (10 5/8 × 21 5/16 in.)
sheet: 50.6 × 60.8 cm (19 15/16 × 23 15/16 in.)
Accession

2015.19.5106

Provenance

Betsy Karel, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, December 4, 1999 - January 30, 2000.

Bibliography

1999

The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: 84-85.