The Home Funeral

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Shelby Lee Adams

Title

The Home Funeral

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1990

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

11 of 25

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, below image, in graphite: "The Home Funeral"; recto, lower center, below image, in graphite: "1990 11/25"; signed recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Shelby Lee Adams"; inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite; "The Home Funeral"; verso, lower center, in graphite: "1990 11/25"; signed verso, lower right, in graphite: "Shelby Lee Adams"

Dimensions

Image: 37.7 × 48.3 cm (14 7/8 × 19 1/16 in.); Paper: 40.6 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund

Reference Number

1994.347

Extended information about this artwork

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