Haight Ashbury, San Francisco

1999

Eli Reed

Associated Names
Eli Reed

Artist, American, born 1946

The image shows four people seated close together, viewed from the waist up. They are sitting side by side in what appears to be a cramped room. The first person on the left wears glasses, with closely cropped hair. Next to them, the second person wears a cap, and has shorter hair and a scarf around the neck. The third individual also has short hair and appears to be wearing a patterned shirt layered under a jacket. The fourth person, also with short hair, wears a pair of glasses and a casual sweatshirt with printed text. Above them, clothes hang from lines strung across the room. The background reveals a worn-out room with visible water damage or peeling paint on the ceiling, and a dimly lit light fixture hanging overhead casting a stark shadow around it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Eli Reed)

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.5 × 30.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.5177


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eli Reed, Austin, TX; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, December 4, 1999–January 30, 2000

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: 2009.016.002

Wikidata ID

Q64147326

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