Gorjus

Artist Sally Mann (American, born 1951)

Date1989

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 19 3/8 × 23 5/8 inches (49.21 × 60.01 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4058

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "© Sally Mann 1989"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Gorjus / 6/25"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "editions / 25 20x24 / 25 16x20 / 25 8x10"

Edition/State/Proofedition 6/25

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DescriptionImage of two young girls standing barefoot in the grass; one is applying make-up on the other (smaller) girl's face. There is a dog entering the right edge of frame. They stand beside an old truck whose Virginia license plate reads "GORJUS".Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.

New Frontiers: American Photography Since 1960. Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, November 5 - December 17, 1993, no cat.

Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 26, 2009 – February 21, 2010, no cat.

Gallery Label

Sally Mann’s intimate portraits of her children convey both the innocence and candor of childhood. Mann took this photograph on her family property in rural Virginia. Her daughtersJessie (left) and Virginia (right) play dress-up behind a pickup truck with a license plate that reads "Gorjus." The picture suggests both the romantic ideals of white Southern girlhood as well as the individual personalities of the girls themselves.

Provenance

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY;
Purcahsed from Edwynn Houk Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1990;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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