Jamie in Greene County

Artist Jeffrey A. Wolin (American, born 1951)

Date2013

MediumInkjet print with handwritten ink

DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 19 5/16 inches (39.37 × 49.05 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 inches (43.18 × 55.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2025.92.8

SignedSigned with copyright on sheet verso, lower right in pencil.

InscribedOn image recto, bottom, in silver pen: ""Many of the people I grew / up with are gone or putting / their kids through the hell they / went through. Even though we / don't have much, it's all ours. We / worked hard - we earned it. For / me there's no more hiding, no more / pretending. I was pregnant at 15 / and I remember thinking about my / daughter, 'Jasmine / will never have to / keep her mouth shut. / She will never have to / hide her feelings.' My / kids learned to speak / their minds. I'm very / proud. Proud of my kids / Proud of who I am."; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: ""Jamie in Greene County, 2013" 3/8".

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 3/8

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DescriptionImage of a woman with braided hair standing in front of a dark window with lace curtains. Several lines of text are written across the bottom of the image.

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