Jean Harlow, Drag Queen Ball, Long Beach
1971
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
image: 23.8 × 15.9 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.71
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Anthony Friedkin, Santa Monica, CA; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2025
The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, along right edge in graphite: Anthony Friedkin Vintage Print from The Gay Essay Jean Harlow, Drag Queen Ball, Long Beach, 1971; lower center stamped in blue ink: CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH TO / ANTHONY ENTON FRIEDKIN / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / NO CROPPING FOR PUBLICATION