Mary Ellen Mark
Carrie Lying on Sofa, Welfare Family, Ohio

Carrie Lying on Sofa, Welfare Family, Ohio

© Mary Ellen Mark/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation

Carrie Lying on Sofa, Welfare Family, Ohio
Carrie Lying on Sofa, Welfare Family, Ohio
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Carrie Lying on Sofa, Welfare Family, Ohio
Date1989, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 14 9/16 in. (37.4 × 37 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 15 13/16 in. (50.7 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan and Devinah Finn
Object number2020.360
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJordan and Devinah Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right sideways: 212W-141-004 013
Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: MARY ELLEN MARK // This is a lifetime print // printed from the original negative // under the supervision of Mary Ellen Mark. // [image of a dog with a bone] // © the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation // All Rights Reserved // ML [initialed in pencil]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: PF1314669
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 5/25
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: 293

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