Ryan Weideman
Self-Portrait with Transvestite

Self-Portrait with Transvestite

© Ryan Weideman, courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY

Self-Portrait with Transvestite
Self-Portrait with Transvestite
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-Portrait with Transvestite
  • from the series Cab Culture
Date1997
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 9/16 × 18 3/16 in. (34.4 × 46.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Meyer Levy Charitable Foundation
Object number2007.1860
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionWhile driving a taxi in New York City, Wiedeman
photographs himself with his riders.

Provenance[Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Photo Forum 2007," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, September 17, 2007-January 14, 2008.

"Self, Model, and Self as Other," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,13 July – 29 September, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower edge: " 'Self Portrait With Transvestite' 2/10 ...(signature) 1997 © "

Marked in pencil on verso upper right: "M-95"
Marked in pencil on verso upper left are various camera related marks and settings.
Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "Ryan Weideman 1997 © "
Printed label on verso: "BRUCE SILVERSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY / ...NEW YORK NY ... / WEIDEMAN, Ryan / Self Portrait with Transvestite, 1997 / ... / Titled, signed, editioned and dated on verso / ... / Number 2 from an edition of 10 / RWE - 00254-SP / ... "

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