In Her Lifetime
1991
Shelley Niro
Artist, Mohawk (Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario), born 1954
Artwork overview
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Medium
6 gelatin silver prints hinged to hand-drilled black matboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (visible) each: 15 × 21.3 cm (5 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
overall: 30.48 × 152.4 cm (12 × 60 in.) -
Accession Number
2026.10.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Shelley Niro; (Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto), April 2025; NGA purchase, 2026.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by artist, in blue ink, written on first print: In her younger years / she was quite carefree, / laughing, singing, / dancing....; second print: she would look out to / the horizon and let / her thoughts drift / out with the / never-ending / tide.; third print: As maturity set in / she became / depressed over / the fact that / soap operas / had no / ending, / country music / reminded / her of / soggy / cornflakes, / and she could / never find / the matching / sock to the / one she held / in her / hand...; fourth print: native issues / would never / be resolved / in her / lifetime.; fifth print: She would give herself / a shake and realize / Christmas was / six months away, / the kids would be / out of school soon,; sixth print: and Friday was just / a day away. SN '91