Mark L. Tompkins
Watching

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Watching
Date2008
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (35.7 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2011.794
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Vancouver; given to MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink below the image:
From that dark wall I glimpsed death's eyes watching, a look / Which gave me more life, that is to say, when I remember.
Signed in ink lower right below the image: Mark L. Tompkins

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