Kathy Vargas
They Were Big, Mom's Chair

They Were Big, Mom's Chair

© Kathy Vargas

They Were Big, Mom's Chair
They Were Big, Mom's Chair
ArtistAmerican, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • They Were Big, Mom's Chair
Date1998–99
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
Dimensionsimage: 21 7/16 × 17 1/4 in. (54.5 × 43.8 cm)
sheet: 23 7/8 × 20 in. (60.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in memory of Elsie and Stewart Simkins, Dallas
Object number99.360
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Kathy Vargas: Photographs, 1971-2000," at the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, from December 18, 2000 to March 18, 2001 (LN:2000.18).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "Kathy Vargas [signature] / 1998/99 / 4/25"
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, center.

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