Larry Sultan
My Parents in Bed

My Parents in Bed
My Parents in Bed
My Parents in Bed
ArtistAmerican, 1946–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • My Parents in Bed
  • from the portfolio Blue Sky
Date1988
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 17 3/8 × 21 1/4 in. (44.1 × 54 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 24 in. (50.6 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number92.34
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


For more than 10 years, Larry Sultan photographed his aging parents in his childhood home in the San Fernando Valley. For some images, Sultan asked his parents to pose; in others, he shot them candidly. As the series progressed, the artist considered his parent’s reactions to the images, his own instincts as an artist, and his changing perspective on his family. The result was the book Pictures from Home, which examined family relationships, identity, the roles we play for others, and the ceaselessly complicated idea of truth.



ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 1992.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso, right bottom edge: MY PARENTS IN BED
Signed in black ink, verso, lower right corner: Larry Sultan 1988

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