Oasis Alley

1988, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image displays two individuals standing closely together from the knees up. The person on the left is leaning against a wall facing to the right, while the person on the right is facing to the left engaging with them. The person on the left has a shaved or closely cropped haircut with longer hair on top. They are wearing a checkered flannel shirt with dark pants and sneakers, and there is a white bag draped over their shoulder. The person on the right has long hair falling past their shoulders and is wearing a dark jacket with a crossbody bag, dark pants, light-colored socks, and dark shoes. The person on the left has their hands elevated to their face. The background shows a dimly lit area with a concrete or brick wall, some barbed wire visible at the top, and an uneven ground with patches of light and dark surfaces, suggesting different levels. The setting appears to be an urban alleyway.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    image: 32.3 × 18.3 cm (12 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4713

  • Series Title

    Raised by Wolves


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jim Goldberg, San Francisco; Betsy Karel, formerly Betsy K. Frampton, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 2.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1988/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT; by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q64155636

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