Echo, Four Days Before the Baby Was Born

1991, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image displays a woman leaning against a window ledge. She is standing with one knee slightly bent and her right hand raised near her face, holding a cigarette. The woman's facial features are in profile, with her long hair flowing past her shoulders. She wears a dark, textured dress over a lighter, long-sleeved shirt, with her feet visible in white socks and dark flat shoes. Around her wrist, she has several bracelets. The window opens out to a view of another building with a patterned facade, and a fire escape structure is partially visible through the window. The hallway she is standing in has a patterned carpet, a wainscoted wall, and visible wear and tear.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
    image: 32.2 × 24.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4856

  • 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: 281.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1991/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT; by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite:1

Wikidata ID

Q64155690

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