The Olive Branch is a dark, oppressive space, but it gets the message across to the women who stay there that the solutions to their problems are in their own hands. Ignoring distractions, Margie finishes her homework for job-training class. 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: 50.5 × 40.5 cm (19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.)
image: 48.9 × 33.2 cm (19 1/4 × 13 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.5138
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: 95.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, across center perpendicular in graphite: © Donna Ferrato