Lena on the Bally Box, Essex Junction, Vermont

Artist Susan Meiselas (American, born 1948)

Date1973

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 x 17 13/16 inches (30.15 x 45.26 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Mat: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2011.7.9

SignedOn back in pencil: "Lena on The Bally Box / Essex Junction, Vermont, 1973 / from 'Carnival Strippers'." Signed in pencil by artist

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DescriptionImage of a woman wearing bikini standing on a platform at a carnival sideshow, surrounded by onlookers. A man with microphone stands beside her.

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