She would demurely sip cherry kool aid from a wine glass and puff on bubble gum cigarettes.

1978

Marcia Resnick

Associated Names
Marcia Resnick

Artist, American, 1950 - 2025

A hand holding a cigarette rests on an ashtray, with another hand lying nearby and a wine glass filled with a dark liquid casting a shadow to the right. The image is monochrome, featuring various shades of black, white, and gray. The largest hand is positioned to the left, grasping the cigarette and ashtray, while the other hand is placed near the top center, and the wine glass is located to the right side of the image.
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Artwork overview

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 43.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, along lower right edge of image in graphite: MARCIA RESNICK; along bottom: SHE WOULD DEMURELY SIP CHERRY KOOL AID FROM A WINE GLASS AND PUFF ON BUBBLE GUM CIGARETTES.; along lower left edge: FROM RE-VISIONS; on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: 1978 Marcia Resnick; lower left: FROM RE-VISIONS; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: #RV43.02 6805

Wikidata ID

Q64157724

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