Rhea, Echo, Twack Jack, and the Baby

1991, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows the top half of a woman lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by three other people. She is positioned on her back, with her head supported by a pillow, looking downwards toward a newborn. Beside her, on the left, a person with short hair is smiling broadly and looking down at the child. On the right, someone with short, dark hair leans forward towards the woman and newborn. Nearby, another person is present, possibly wearing medical attire. The people are in a brightly lit room with light fixtures and a window with blinds in the background. A lamp and white walls with minimal decoration are also visible. The setting appears to be in a hospital, due to the bed, clothing, and medical stand in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    image: 32.6 × 21.4 cm (12 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4858

  • 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: 284.

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

Q64155693

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