The Masjid-Al-Rasul, 11211 Central Avenue, Watts, Los Angeles, California, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Joel Sternfeld

Title

The Masjid-Al-Rasul, 11211 Central Avenue, Watts, Los Angeles, California, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1993

Medium

Chromogenic print

Edition

1 of 7

Inscriptions

Inscribed and signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in black ink: "The Masjid-Al-Rasul, 11211 Central Avenue, Watts, Los Angeles. (July 1993) / 1/7 Joel Sternfeld"; unmarked recto In this mosque, members of the Bloods and the Crips, rival Los Angeles gangs, negotiated and signed a truce on April 26, 1992. From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam

Dimensions

Image/paper: 46.9 × 59.6 cm (18 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.); Mount: 70.3 × 82.7 cm (27 11/16 × 32 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Acquired from the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, through an Anonymous Gift

Reference Number

1997.284

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