Jersey Lu Blacked Out

1988, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of a nighttime urban street scene. The black and white image captures a dimly lit city sidewalk. In the background, there is a street with blurred vehicles. The atmosphere is gritty, with high contrast between the lights from the street and the shadows cast along the pavement. The photograph captures the rawness of the urban environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
    image: 21.8 × 32.4 cm (8 9/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4785

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: 136.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1988/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155774

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