Untitled

1993

Thomas Roma

Associated Names
Thomas Roma

Artist, American, born 1950

The image shows a group of people in an indoor setting with a light wooden panel wall and a large cross hanging on it in the background. In the foreground, there is a young woman shown from the waist up, facing slightly to the side. She has styled hair adorned with a large lace bow and is wearing large hoop earrings, a white collared shirt with patterns, and a plaid skirt or pants. Next to her is a man with a stern expression, also shown from the waist up, wearing a striped shirt with the collar open. To her other side is a young boy in a dark buttoned-shirt, standing in profile looking to the side. Behind them is a seated woman wearing glasses and dressed in a white outfit with a hat. She has short, curly hair and appears to be holding the hand of a child sitting beside her with their head resting on her arm.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    image: 36 × 47.6 cm (14 3/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.121.74


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Roma, Brooklyn, NY; gift to Lee and Maria Friedlander, his parents-in-law, New York, mid-1990s; gift to Joy of Giving Something, Inc., New York, 1990s; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Come Sunday: Photographs by Thomas Roma, Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 4 - June 18, 1996.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in graphite: Thomas Roma 1993; bottom left: 2299-93-6; by unknown hand, bottom right: TR9861.1

Wikidata ID

Q64170569

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