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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Haskell Rightor III, musician, Times Square residence, New York City

1999

Mary Ellen Mark

Associated Names

Mary Ellen Mark

Artist, American, 1940 - 2015

The image shows an older man seated in a chair, from the thighs upward. He has short, slicked-back hair and wears a black tuxedo with a black bow tie. The man has a serious expression, with deep-set eyes and a furrowed brow. He holds a saxophone across his lap, with one hand on the instrument. In the background, there is a cluttered room with a television showing static, a closed door, a toilet, and a newspaper taped to the wall. A keyboard is partially seen on the left side.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mary Ellen Mark)
Dimensions

image: 25.8 × 32.8 cm (10 3/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)
Accession Number

2016.22.322

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, December 4, 1999 – January 30, 2000

Bibliography

1999

The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: 41.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: V 2

Wikidata ID

Q64157838

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