Mary Frey
There was a familiarity about the place which was oddly comforting

uncropped recto of sheet
There was a familiarity about the place which was oddly comforting
uncropped recto of sheet
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • There was a familiarity about the place which was oddly comforting
  • from the series: Real Life Dramas, 1984-1987
Date1984, printed 1987
PlaceUnited States
MediumChromogenic print with printed text
DimensionsImage: 14 × 17 3/16 in. (35.6 × 43.7 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan
Object number91.1822
Not on view

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Photography
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower right in silver ink "Real Life Dramas, 1984-87"
verso bottom right in silver ink "Mary Frey 2/10"
printed below the image-the title

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