Confiscated Objects

1995, printed 1997

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

The image shows two handguns and several knives among various items in an open drawer. The color palette includes black, brown, metallic silver, beige, dark green, and gold. The guns are positioned on the right, one facing right and the other pointing upward. Knives are scattered among the items, some with brown wooden handles and others in lighter or metallic sheaths. Pagers, small bottles, and a coiled piece of rope can also be seen in the drawer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
    image: 26.4 × 33.9 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4843

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jim Goldberg, San Francisco; Betsy Karel, formerly Betsy K. Frampton, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 240-241.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in black marker: CONFISCATED OBJECTS 1992-93/97 AP Jim Goldberg

Wikidata ID

Q64155673

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