Looking at her books upside down, she exercised both her mind and her body.

1978

Marcia Resnick

Artist, American, 1950 - 2025

Marcia Resnick

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Charina Endowment Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.5 × 19.8 cm (5 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.24 × 21.59 cm (6 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.133.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marcia Resnick, New York; NGA purchase (through Paul Hertzmann Gallery, San Francisco), 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

signed by artist, along right edge of print margin in graphite: MARCIA RESNICK; along left edge: FROM RE-VISIONS; along bottom: LOOKING AT HER BOOKS UPSIDE DOWN, SHE EXERCISED BOTH HER MIND AND HER BODY.; on verso, signed by artist, along bottom in graphite: FROM RE-VISIONS 1978 marcia resnick; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: #RV46.02 7297

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