My Mother Posing for Me

1984

Larry Sultan

Associated Names
Larry Sultan

Artist, American, 1946 - 2009

The image depicts an elderly woman standing next to an elderly man. The woman is leaning against a green wall, wearing a light purple blouse and white pants. She has curly blonde hair and accessories with a necklace and pendant. The man, wearing a patterned shirt and light-colored pants, is seated on a white chair, watching a baseball game on an old television set placed on a metal shelf unit beside him. Next to the shelf are a potted plant with yellow flowers and a white lamp. Light enters the room from the right side where sheer white curtains are visible.

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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E404

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Scott Nathan and Laura DeBonis Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 90.1 × 117 cm (35 1/2 × 46 1/16 in.)
    framed: 96.2 × 122.2 cm (37 7/8 × 48 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.98.1

  • Series Title

    Pictures from Home

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Estate of Larry Sultan, Greenbrae, California; NGA purchase (through Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

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