She always read the endings of books before the beginnings

Series TitleRe-visions

Artist Marcia Resnick (American, 1950 - 2025)

Date1978

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 3/8 × 18 3/16 inches (31.43 × 46.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.250

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “marcia resnick”

InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in pencil: “FROM RE-VISIONS”, “MARCIA RESNICK”; Inscribed on sheet recto, bottom, in pencil: “She always read the endings of books before the beginnings.”; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “FROM RE-VISIONS 1978”

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “#RV47.02”, “6740”.

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DescriptionDetail image of woman’s hands with painted fingernails holding open book to page which reads “THE END”; there are harsh shadows on the pages from her hands.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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