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Holding Virginia, from the series "Immediate Family"

Black-and-white photograph of light-skinned girl with dirty smudges on her face and arms, looking straight ahead with a look of defiance as she is held from behind by two hands.

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  • Black-and-white photograph of light-skinned girl with dirty smudges on her face and arms, looking straight ahead with a look of defiance as she is held from behind by two hands.

Date:

1989

Artist:

Sally Mann
American, born 1951

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Sally Mann

Title

Holding Virginia, from the series "Immediate Family"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1989

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

20 of 25

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink: X [?/encircled]; verso, lower left, in graphite: e [?] ( 25 20 x 24 / 25 16 x 20 / 25 8 x 10; inscribed and signed verso, lower right, in graphite: Holding Virginia / © 1989 Sally Mann / 20/25

Dimensions

Image: 57.2 × 46.4 cm (22 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.); Paper: 60.6 × 50.8 cm (23 7/8 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Sandy Stuart

Reference Number

2005.24

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