Ghost of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #1

2008

Binh Danh

Associated Names
Binh Danh

Artist, American, born Vietnam, 1977

This grayscale photograph is a portrait of a person's head and upper body. The person is standing upright, facing us with a neutral expression. They have short, dark hair that is slightly swept to the side, covering their forehead. They have thick eyebrows, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones, and a strong jawline. The person is wearing a dark jacket or coat with a wide collar over a high-necked white garment, and there appears to be a large tag attached to the front of their jacket. The background is plain and blurred, and there are some dark spots on the surface of the photograph.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.59 x 16.51 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
    framed: 36.04 x 30.96 x 3.81 cm (14 3/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.43.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Binh Danh, San Jose, CA; NGA purchase (through Haines Gallery, San Francisco), 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • January 8 - February 28, 2009, Haines Gallery, San Francisco.

2015

  • The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015, no. 29.

Inscriptions

signed on label on frame verso, bottom center in black ink: Binh Danh; printed on label: Ghost of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #1 / 8.5 x 6.5 inch (Fullplate) / Daguerreotype / Binh Danh © 2008

Wikidata ID

Q64145404

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