Mother and Daughter, Hartford, Connecticut

1982

Frank Espada

Artist, American, born Puerto Rico, 1930 - 2014

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 × 28.6 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.26.2

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Espada; Marilyn Espada; NGA purchase (through Jason Espada, 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

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Frank Espada; lower left: #7052; by unknown hand, printing notes center in graphite inverted

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