Untitled

1991

Thomas Roma

Associated Names
Thomas Roma

Artist, American, born 1950

The image shows three individuals in an indoor setting with religious symbols. A woman, partially visible, leans forward with her head touching a young girl. The woman has short curly hair and wears a white lace head covering and light-colored top. The young girl wears a lace head covering and has braided hair tied with ribbons, dressed in a light-colored garment. A mid-aged clergyman stands in the background facing slightly to the left, wearing a dark-colored clerical suit with a white collar and holding a small bottle in his right hand. The background features a wall with simple furnishings, an upright piano covered partly with a lace cloth, and floral arrangements next to a large white cross on a table draped with lace.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    image: 36 × 47.6 cm (14 3/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.121.76


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 1991; bottom left: 1606-91-2; by unknown hand, bottom right: TR9861.10

Wikidata ID

Q64170574

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