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27 Barbara Lee Drive, Hamilton Township, New Jersey, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

A work made of chromogenic print.

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  • A work made of chromogenic print.

Date:

November 1995, printed September 1996

Artist:

Joel Sternfeld
American, born 1944

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Joel Sternfeld

Title

27 Barbara Lee Drive, Hamilton Township, New Jersey, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1995

Medium

Chromogenic print

Edition

1 of 7

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto: inscribed verso, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: JS.228.0 1/7 27 Barbara Lee Drive, Hamilton Township, New Jersey, November 1995 N-November 1995 / P-September 1996 Joel Sternfeld Megan Kanka was raped and strangled in a house that once stood on the site of this park. Jesse Timmendequas, who had been previously convicted of sex crimes involving young girls, told police that on July 29, 1994, he lured the seven-year-old into his home, across the street from the Kanka family residence, by offering to show her a puppy. The Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation, established by Megan’s family, has fought for legislation requiring sex offenders to register with local police who must then inform communities of their presence. The Hamilton Township Rotary Club tore down the house and built this park as a memorial to Megan. From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam

Dimensions

Image/paper: 47.5 × 59.7 cm (18 3/4 × 23 9/16 in.); Mount: 63.3 × 76.2 cm (24 15/16 × 30 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Reference Number

1998.852

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