Mary Ellen Mark
Shirley & Ricky Sertain on Bed

Shirley & Ricky Sertain on Bed

© Mary Ellen Mark/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation

Shirley & Ricky Sertain on Bed
Shirley & Ricky Sertain on Bed
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Shirley & Ricky Sertain on Bed
Date1987, printed c. 1987
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (26.2 × 26.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan and Devinah Finn
Object number2020.384
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJordan and Devinah Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, verso, top right corner sideways: [barcode] // HOMELESS IN AMERICA // © Mary Ellen Mark
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center sideways: 7601
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left edge sideways: 2 [circled] 5/18
Stamped in black, 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 NB [?] [initialed in pencil]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge upside down: 210L – 275 – 3
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: PF134630
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: 254
Printed in black on applied label, verso, lower right sideways: © Mary Ellen Mark // DO NOT CROP PHOTOGRAPH // Return to: Falkland Road, Inc // 37 Greene Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013 // tel: 212-925-2770¬

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