Untitled

1992

Thomas Roma

Associated Names
Thomas Roma

Artist, American, born 1950

The image shows an upper body profile of a person seated in a pew, likely within a religious setting. The person is positioned slightly facing away, with their face in profile view. Their hair is neatly styled, pulled back into a bun and held in place by a decorative hair clip. The person is wearing a dark coat. To their right, part of a pew is visible, and on the left, there's a banner hanging that reads "CHURCH OF GOD PROPHECY N.Y.C. HEIGHTS." In the background, there is a tiled wall with a decorative finish halfway up, and above it, a sign reads "THESE THINGS COME BY PRAYING AND FASTING."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    image: 36 × 47.7 cm (14 3/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.121.72

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Roma, Brooklyn, NY; gift to Lee and Maria Friedlander, his parents-in-law, New York, mid-1990s; gift to Joy of Giving Something, Inc., New York, 1990s; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Come Sunday: Photographs by Thomas Roma, Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 4 - June 18, 1996.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in graphite: Thomas Roma 1992; bottom left: 1665-92-8; by unknown hand, bottom right: TR9861.17

Wikidata ID

Q64170584

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