Now It's My Jacket

1986, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a black and white photograph of a person wearing a leather jacket with hand-written text on it. The background shows a city street with parked vehicles and a building partially visible. The focus is on the jacket and its philosophical text about infinity, chance, and self-awareness. The composition utilizes light and shadow to emphasize the bold statement on the jacket.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.6 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
    image: 21.3 × 32.3 cm (8 3/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4732

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: 54.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1986/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155709

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