Carl with his Father, Pigeon Hill

Series TitlePigeon Hill

Artist Jeffrey A. Wolin (American, born 1951)

Date1990; printed 2014

MediumInkjet print with handwritten ink

DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 19 1/8 inches (39.37 × 48.58 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 inches (43.18 × 55.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2025.92.3

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.

InscribedOn image recto, bottom, in silver pen: "I was only 2 or 3 then. My dad was an alcoholic -- drank two cases of beer and a fifth of whiskey a night, / not including the drugs. But I always had what I need before he got what he wanted. We've had our ups / and downs, our fights, our arguments, but he's always had my back. Through my drug days, he had my back."; On sheet verso, bottom left, in pencil: ""Carl w/his Father, Pigeon Hill, 1990/2014" 2/8 ©2014".

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 2/8

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DescriptionImage of a little boy standing on the hood of a car. A man in glasses stands next to the car with one hand wrapped around the legs of the child while the other holds the child's hand. There are a row of parked cars behind them and power lines that extend across the top of the frame. The little boy is dressed in shorts and a t-shirt which reads "CATCHER". Several lines of text are written across the bottom of the image.

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