Nan Goldin
Vivienne in the green dress, NYC

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Artist Nan Goldin (American, born 1953)American, born 1953

CultureAmerican

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Vivienne in the green dress, NYC

Date1980

Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States

MediumSilver dye bleach print

DimensionsImage: 23 3/8 × 15 13/16 in. (59.4 × 40.2 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Mount: 26 × 22 in. (66 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael Zilkha and Diego Cortez

Object number2007.726

Not on view

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DescriptionVivienne in the green dress, NYC is a portrait of the filmmaker Vivienne Dick, with whom Goldin collaborated on a number of projects: “I met Vivienne the week I moved to New York—we’ve been friends for thirty years, and she is probably my biggest inspiration,” Goldin has recalled. “It was seamless—from our lives to her film. What had an enormous effect on me was the subjective editing, and the remarkable soundtracks of her super-8 films had an enormous impact on my slideshows.”

New York became Goldin’s home in 1978. Working and living in a loft on the Bowery, Goldin became associated with the punk movement that flourished at such venues as CBGB and the Mudd Club, and her photographs of these years capture the after-hours mood of the downtown scene. Many of these photographs, including Vivienne in the green dress, NYC were later incorporated into other projects, including The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Nan Goldin: Stories Retold," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 18, 2007–March 30, 2008.

"Public Dress," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 19–October 8, 2012.

“In A Snap: The Art of Vernacular Photography,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2014–February 22, 2015.

"Nan Goldin: Family History," Portland Museum of Art, Maine, September 29–December 31, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "Vivienne in the green dress, NYC, 1980"

Signed in pencil on verso lower right: "Nan Goldin / #11/25"

Printed label on verso backboard of frame: "< p a r t o b j e c t > / Nan goldin / "Vivienne in the Green Dress, NYC, 1980" / ... / ED:15 / 103-C WEST WEAVER STREET CARRBORO, NC 27510 / ... "

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