Christmas at The Other Side, Boston

1972

Nan Goldin

Artist, American, born 1953

Nan Goldin

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.1 x 48.5 cm (12 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.3 x 51 cm (15 7/8 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.30.16

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eileen and Michael Cohen, New York; NGA purchase (through Zwirner & Wirth, New York), 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

2025

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

Bibliography

1992

  • Goldin, Nan. Die Andere Seite, 1972-1992. Exh. cat. Zurich, Berlin, New York: Der Alltag/ Parkett and Scalo Verlag, 1992: 23.

1996

  • Sussman, Elisabeth. Nan Goldin: I'll Be Your Mirror. New York : Whitney Museum of American Art. 1996: 54.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across lower center in black ink: Christmas at the Other Side. Boston. 1972 Nan Goldin #4/18

Wikidata ID

Q64158361


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