Lena on the Bally Box, Essex Junction, Vermont
1973, printed c. 1980
Artist, American, born 1948
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Anonymous Gift in honor of Sarah Greenough and Andrea Nelson
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Dimensions
image: 22 × 32.5 cm (8 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
sheet: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.) -
Accession
2023.148.6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Susan Meiselas, New York; (Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Private collection, New York, 2014; gift to NGA, 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 right in graphite: Susan Meiselas / ca 1980; by artist, lower left in graphite: Lena on The Bally Box, / Essex Junction, Vermont / 1973; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF1121651