Hector, Jessica, and Pablo Sanchez playing cops and robbers at a HELP USA site, Bronx, New York

1993

Mary Ellen Mark

Associated Names
Mary Ellen Mark

Artist, American, 1940 - 2015

Three children are standing on a concrete walkway or balcony. Two shirtless boys are shown from the waist up, facing away from the camera, with their hands raised above their heads. The boy on the left has dark, short hair, while the boy on the right also has dark, short hair. In the middle and slightly further back, a girl is standing with her legs apart, holding a small object with both hands, arms extended forward, appearing to point it at the boys. She is wearing a light-colored striped dress and is barefoot. The background includes a brick wall with a window on the left and a metal railing on the right, above an open space.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Ellen Mark, New York; 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

Bibliography

1996

  • Mark, Mary Ellen. A Cry for Help: Stories of Homelessness and Hope. New York, 1996: 21.

1999

  • The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: 35.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right corner perpendicular in graphite: V 3

Wikidata ID

Q64157833

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