My Mother Posing for Me
Series TitlePictures from Home
Artist
Larry Sultan
(American, 1946 - 2009)
Date1989
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 17 5/16 × 21 3/8 inches (43.97 × 54.29 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 24 inches (50.64 × 60.96 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 24 inches (50.64 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4077
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right corner, in black pen.
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of an elderly couple; woman standing against green wall with hands behind back, man watching television.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
Larry Sultan’s rediscovery of home movies and snapshots made by his parents during his childhood inspired his series Pictures from Home. He responded to these nostalgic records by creating his own ambiguous documents of his retired parents’ life. With their (often puzzled) cooperation, Sultan posed his parents to express emotional, if not literal, truths about their lives, as seen in images such as this one.
Janet Borden, Inc., Brooklyn, NY;
Purchased from Janet Borden, Inc., by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Janet Borden, Inc., by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Estate of Larry Sultan
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