I'm Dave (scar)

1987, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows a close-up of a person's torso, revealing their bare abdomen prominently in the frame. The person stands with their hands resting on their hips, drawing attention to a vertical scar running from the navel upwards. They are wearing a graphic T-shirt with the visible words "I LIKE TWO KINDS OF MUSIC," partially obscured by a denim and leather jacket left open at the front. The person is also wearing a pair of acid-wash denim jeans, to which a small keychain resembling a hand is attached. The background appears to be a speckled floor.

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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: 32.2 × 22.7 cm (12 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4724

  • 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: 32.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1987/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT; by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q64155663

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