Standing between their bunk beds, Margie admires her four sons: Johnny, 13, Pierre, 11, Jamont, 9, and Johnnell, 11. She always took care of her kids until she fell in love with a drug addict and became addicted herself. Her children's world fell apart and they became homeless residents at the mission. Olive Branch Mission, Chicago.
1999
Artist, American, born 1949
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
image: 33.1 × 49.1 cm (13 1/16 × 19 5/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.5137
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Donna Ferrato, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1999
The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, December 4, 1999 – January 30, 2000
Bibliography
1999
The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: 93.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, across center in graphite: © Donna Ferrato