Mary Ellen Mark
The Damm Family, Los Angeles

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© Mary Ellen Mark/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation

The Damm Family, Los Angeles
Image Not Available for The Damm Family, Los Angeles
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Damm Family, Los Angeles
  • from the series Homeless in America
Date1987
PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print with toning
DimensionsImage: 10 3/16 × 10 3/16 in. (25.9 × 25.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.3 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1989
Object number89.285
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso above signature in pencil "Los Angeles-1988-"
recto top right of sheet "$90"
verso lower center in pencil "Mary Ellen Mark"

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