Nan Goldin

Nan on Brian's lap, Nan's birthday, NYC
1981

A photograph of a man and a woman posing closely together. The man, with short dark hair and a serious expression, is wearing a light-colored shirt. The woman, with curly red hair and a smile, is wearing a green dress and a pearl necklace. They are indoors with a kitchen visible in the background. The image is framed with a black border.
A photograph of a man and a woman posing closely together. The man, with short dark hair and a serious expression, is wearing a light-colored shirt. The woman, with curly red hair and a smile, is wearing a green dress and a pearl necklace. They are indoors with a kitchen visible in the background. The image is framed with a black border.

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Date
1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print

Dimensions
Sheet: 27 3/8 × 40in. (69.5 × 101.6 cm) Image: 25 7/8 × 38 1/2in. (65.7 × 97.8 cm) Frame: 28 5/16 × 41 × 1 3/4in. (71.9 × 104.1 × 4.4 cm)

Accession number
99.153

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Nan Goldin

API
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