Jeffrey Silverthorne
Woman Who Died in Her Sleep

ArtistAmerican, 1946–2022
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Woman Who Died in Her Sleep
  • from the series Morgue Work
Date1972
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 1/4 × 13 1/16 in. (41.3 × 33.2 cm)
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Lee D. Witkin
Object number97.85
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top center in pencil "72-308 / #3 / 45 sec."
verso in pencil "J.Silverthorne / Woman Who Died in Her Sleep / Morgue Work[underlined]"

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