She always read the endings of books before the beginnings.
1978
Artist, American, 1950 - 2025
Marcia Resnick
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 14.29 × 19.84 cm (5 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.178.1
More About this Artwork
Article: 12 Documentary Photographers Who Changed the Way We See the World
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Marcia Resnick, New York; (Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco), 2013; NGA purchase, 2014.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2025
The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025
Bibliography
1978
Resnick, Marcia. Re-visions. Toronto, 1978: plate 47.
Inscriptions
signed by artist, along lower right edge of image in graphite: MARCIA RESNICK; along bottom: SHE ALWAYS READ THE ENDINGS OF BOOKS BEFORE THE BEGINNINGS.; along lower left edge: FROM RE-VISIONS; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Marcia Resnick; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: 6800
Wikidata ID
Q64157723