Potrero Hill (Bat)

1989, printed 1997

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of a worn and weathered object with a red wrap. The object appears to be a stick or a piece of wood that has been significantly darkened and aged, with one end wrapped in a tattered red fabric or material. The texture of the wood looks rough and splintered, particularly towards the end opposite the wrapped section. The red wrapping is frayed. The photograph is set against a plain, light background. The composition is simple, allowing the viewer to focus on the details and textures of the object.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.5 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11 in.)
    image: 27.3 × 34 cm (10 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4835

  • 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: 222-223.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in black marker: BAT 1989/97 AP Jim Goldberg

Wikidata ID

Q64155665

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