Mary Ellen Mark
Children Wearing Party Hats, Poverty South Dallas

Children Wearing Party Hats, Poverty South Dallas

© Mary Ellen Mark/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation

Children Wearing Party Hats, Poverty South Dallas
Children Wearing Party Hats, Poverty South Dallas
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Children Wearing Party Hats, Poverty South Dallas
Date1988, printed c. 1988
Place depictedDallas, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (25.6 × 25.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan and Devinah Finn
Object number2020.361
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJordan and Devinah Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper right sideways: 212L 128-017 // POVERTY SOUTH DALLAS
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper right sideways: [barcode] // POVERTY SOUTH DALLAS // © Mary Ellen Mark
Stamped in black ink, verso, lower left sideways: MARY ELLEN MARK // This is a lifetime print // printed from the original negative // under the supervision of Mary Ellen Mark. // [image of a dog with a bone] // © the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation // All Rights Reserved // NB [initialed in pencil]
Printed in black on applied label, verso, lower right sideways: © Mary Ellen Mark // DO NOT CROP PHOTOGRAPH [underlined] // Return to: Falkland Road, Inc. // 134 Spring Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10012 tel: 212-925-2770
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: PF134661
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: 285

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