Untitled

1992

Thomas Roma

Associated Names
Thomas Roma

Artist, American, born 1950

The image shows the upper bodies of five individuals standing closely together indoors. The central focus is on a young boy on the right, leaning back slightly with his eyes closed and his hands held up around his face in a gesture. He wears a suit jacket over a white shirt and holds eyeglasses in his hand. Behind him, a woman with short styled hair and a serious expression stands in a patterned dress and coat. To her left, another woman wearing a light-colored hat with veil detail, a white blouse, and a coat draped over her shoulders gazes upwards. Next to her is a man in partial profile, wearing a formal suit. In the foreground on the far left, a woman with curly hair and a stern expression wears a dark dress with a patterned inner layer. The background features a tiled wall with a partial view of a banner with the text "PRAYER AND FASTING" and a small air conditioning unit.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    image: 36 × 47.7 cm (14 3/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.121.82


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 1992; bottom left: 1647-92-6; by unknown hand, bottom right: TR9861.7

Wikidata ID

Q64170588

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