Wendi on Illinois Circle, Pigeon Hill
Series TitlePigeon Hill
Artist
Jeffrey A. Wolin
(American, born 1951)
Date1990; printed 2013
MediumInkjet print with handwritten ink
DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 18 5/8 inches (39.37 × 47.31 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 inches (43.18 × 55.88 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 inches (43.18 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2025.92.18
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil.
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower right, in silver pen: ""I was only four when I saw my / first stabbing - it was a drug / deal gone bad. I knew I had to / be tough just to survive on / the Hill. My mom was a nurse / but she got into drugs / and left I was / nine. Odds were I'd / have a kid by the time / I was fifteen, like many / of my friends. But I / didn't want that - I / wanted to get off the Hill."";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Wendi on Illinois Circle, Pigeon Hill, 1990" #3/8 ©2013".
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 3/8
On View
Not on viewTerms
Copyright© Jeffrey A Wolin
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