Artist
Duane Michals (American, born 1932)American, born 1932
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sometimes Suddenly Something
Date1992, printed 1994
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print with handwritten text
DimensionsImage: 6 × 8 15/16 in. (15.2 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.5 × 50.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.5 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Harry and Macey Reasoner, Joan Morganstern, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan, Margaret C. and Louis Skidmore, Jr., Anne Wilkes Tucker and Joe D. Wheeler, Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein, Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Morris, and Beth and Lee Schlanger in memory of Eric Alexander
Object number94.192
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
text in ink, center below image
"SOMETIMES, SUDDENLY, SOMETHING ENORMOUS AND TERRIBLE / INTRUDES INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES, / A HARD SHADOW FALLS AND BREAKS THEM. / CRUEL CIRCUMSTANCES BRINGS THEM TO TEARS. / IN TIME THEY AGAIN DO THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NORMALLY DO, / BUT THE RESIDUE OF SADNESS ALWAYS REMAINS. / NOT EVEN LOVE CAN MEND OR TIME RENEW, / AND NOTHING IS FORGIVEN."
"SOMETIMES, SUDDENLY, SOMETHING ENORMOUS AND TERRIBLE / INTRUDES INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES, / A HARD SHADOW FALLS AND BREAKS THEM. / CRUEL CIRCUMSTANCES BRINGS THEM TO TEARS. / IN TIME THEY AGAIN DO THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NORMALLY DO, / BUT THE RESIDUE OF SADNESS ALWAYS REMAINS. / NOT EVEN LOVE CAN MEND OR TIME RENEW, / AND NOTHING IS FORGIVEN."
below inscription in ink "Duane Michals 5/25"
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