Adrain Chesser
Self-Portrait Crying

Self-Portrait Crying
Self-Portrait Crying
Self-Portrait Crying
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-Portrait Crying
DateMarch 2003
PlaceSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 16 1/8 × 23 1/4 in. (41 × 59.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 23 7/8 in. (43.5 × 60.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Debbie Fleming Caffery
Object number2003.965
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionWhen Adrian Chesser learned that he was HIV
positive, he began a series by posing friends in his studio and photographing
their reactions after revealing his diagnosis. This self-portrait is the first
of the series.

ProvenanceDebbie Fleming Caffery, Lafayette, Lousiana; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"Reverse" show, Santa Fe Art Institute, 2003
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso lower right: "A Chesser 2003"

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