Marcia Resnick
She became an expert shoplifter.

She became an expert shoplifter.
She became an expert shoplifter.
She became an expert shoplifter.
ArtistAmerican, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • She became an expert shoplifter.
  • from the series Re-visions
Date1978
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (31.1 × 45.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Larry Horton in honor of Kathryn Allison Mann at "One Great Night in November, 2015"
Object number2015.529
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Following a long hospitalization, photographer Marcia Resnick began a period of creative fervor culminating in her series Re-visions. According to the artist, while still in the hospital, “I began attempting to face my life by recording its events, employing descriptive texts with pencil sketches. Back in my studio, I revisited my adolescence with staged photographs . . . you can’t take pictures of thoughts, but you can re-create ideas.” Resnick created a non-narrative, rebellious, coming-of-age story in dialogue with other artists of her generation, including Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, and Laurie Simmons, who explored humor and female adolescence transforming into womanhood.     



ProvenanceThe artist; [Paul M. Hertzmann, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, bottom left below image: FROM RE-VISIONS
Inscribed in pencil, recto, bottom center below image: She became an expert shoplifter. [in cursive]
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right below image: MARCIA RESNICK

Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom edge: 6791
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: Marcia Resnick
Artist's Mark in black ink, verso, bottom right corner: Marcia Resnick

Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right below image: MARCIA RESNICK
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: Marcia Resnick

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