Dave In the Car, #4

1991, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows a close-up of the left side of a person's face, featuring their left eye, ear, and part of the mouth. The person is in a seated position with their head slightly angled downward or turned to the side. Detailed textures like skin creases around the eye and ear folds are visible. The nose and upper lip are not shown, but part of the teeth can be seen through the slightly open mouth. The individual has short hair and is wearing a headscarf or similar fabric covering their head, with some textured fabric around the neck area. The background is blurred and dark with a contrasting white area, potentially a window or light source.

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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: 32.5 × 21.4 cm (12 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4863

  • 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: 303.

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

Q64155699

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