Taquita Walton and Shykea Benton, Bayview, Virginia

1999

Mary Ellen Mark

Associated Names
Mary Ellen Mark

Artist, American, 1940 - 2015

The image shows two people standing side by side from the thighs up. The person on the left is leaning forward, while the person on the right stands upright. The person on the left has short, textured hair styled upward, a striped shirt, and light-colored shorts. The person on the right has an intricate hairstyle with loops piled on top of their head, wearing a sleeveless dress with a floral pattern. The background includes a leafy tree, a clothing line, classic washing machines, and a metal chair.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.2 × 57.2 cm (18 3/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50.6 × 60.6 cm (19 15/16 × 23 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.150


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Ellen Mark, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 15 – December 31, 2001; Houston Museum of Science, Houston, TX, February 1 – April 28, 2002; Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA, June 29 – September 3, 2002; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, August – December 2002; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, May 10 – August 3, 2003; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, January 24 – March 28, 2004; Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH, May 8 – June 15, 2004; Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, July 31 – September 2004; Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI, May 13 – June 26, 2005

Bibliography

2001

  • In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Houston Museum of Science; Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Chicago Cultural Center; Cincinnati Museum Center; Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach; Renaissance Center, Detroit, 2001-2004; 51.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, across bottom center in graphite: 502J-067-007 V3; bottom right corner in graphite: MARY ELLEN MARK

Wikidata ID

Q64157827

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