Jess T. Dugan
Betsy

Betsy

© 2013 Jess T. Dugan

Betsy
Betsy
ArtistAmerican, born 1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Betsy
  • from the series Every breath we drew
Date2013
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 24 × 18 15/16 in. (61 × 48.1 cm)
Sheet: 28 1/16 × 23 in. (71.3 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Catherine Edelman Gallery in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.366
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Casually leaning against her kitchen counter, bathed in
natural light, Betsy looks directly at the camera, her gaze warm and steadfast.
Jess Dugan’s commanding portrait conveys Betsy’s gentle masculinity, a unique
and beautiful trait found throughout the series
Every
breath we drew
. Intimately exploring the subtleties of personal
identity formation and expression, Dugan’s photographs avoid straightforward
representation of definable gender and sexual identification.




ProvenanceThe artist; [Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago]; given to MFAH, 2015.

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