Vickie Figueroa, 1981

Not on View

series Title

Rich and Poor

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist)

Accession Number

2015.19.4479

Artists / Makers

Jim Goldberg (artist) American, born 1953

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Inscription

in subject's hand, across center below image [photographically printed on sheet in black]: My dream was to become a school teacher. / Mrs Stone is rich. / I have talents but not opportunity. / I am used to standing behind / Mrs Stone. / I have been a servant for 40 years. / Vickie Figueroa; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1981

Provenance

Jim Goldberg, San Francisco; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Goldberg, Jim

Exhibition History

2006: Sight/Insight: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 26 – October 29, 2006

2016: Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

2025: The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Bibliography

1985: Goldberg, Jim. Rich and Poor. New York, 1985: unnumbered.