Catherine Wagner
Notre Dame des Victoires School, Sixth Grade Classroom, 'Observing Skin's Protective Role,' San Francisco, California

Notre Dame des Victoires School, Sixth Grade Classroom, 'Observing Skin's Protective Role,' San Francisco, California

© Catherine Wagner

Notre Dame des Victoires School, Sixth Grade Classroom, 'Observing Skin's Protective Role,' San Francisco, California
Notre Dame des Victoires School, Sixth Grade Classroom, 'Observing Skin's Protective Role,' San Francisco, California
ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Notre Dame des Victoires School, Sixth Grade Classroom, 'Observing Skin's Protective Role,' San Francisco, California
  • from the series American Classroom
Date1987
PlaceSan Francisco, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/4 × 18 3/16 in. (36.2 × 46.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (40.4 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number88.158
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, San Francisco; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "American Classrooms: The Photographs of Catherine Wagner" September 10 - November 27, 1988

Exhibited: "American Classroom: The Photographs of Catherine Wagner," University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Jan 29 - Mar 12 1993(LN:93.10)

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom center in pencil "FROM AMERICAN CLASSROOM / NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRES-6TH GRADE CLASSROOM / OBSERVING SKINS PROTECTIVE ROLE / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1987"
bottom right edge "CW EXH #40"
bottom right below image in pencil "Catherine F. Wagner / 1987"

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Catherine Wagner
1987
Gelatin silver print
88.157