Basement Passageway 2000

2000, printed 2025

Mitch Epstein

Associated Names
Mitch Epstein
Artist, American, born 1952
The artwork depicts an indoor scene with a basement passageway featuring pastel pink walls and a green carpeted floor. The passageway leads to an open doorway revealing a room with cardboard boxes and plastic-wrapped items. Overhead, exposed white pipes run across the ceiling. On the right wall, two framed monochrome portraits are displayed, one above the other. To the right, a small section of artificial green plants is visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mitch Epstein and Susan Bell

  • Dimensions

    image: 57.15 × 70.8 cm (22 1/2 × 27 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 60.96 × 76.2 cm (24 × 30 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.103.7.15

  • Portfolio Title

    Family Business

  • Copyright

    © Mitch Epstein

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mitch Epstein, New York; gift to NGA, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed, titled, and dated by artist, lower center in graphite

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