Shelby Lee Adams

Melissa and Brice, Johnson's Fork
1978

A black and white photograph depicting a young girl leaning on a wooden door frame on the left, looking directly at the camera with a contemplative expression. On the right, a young man stands inside a rustic room, hands in pockets, smiling slightly towards the camera. The room appears worn, with wooden planks for walls and floor, and a couple of jugs and a radio on the floor beside the man. Handwritten text at the bottom of the image includes names and a date, suggesting personal or artistic significance.

A black and white photograph depicting a young girl leaning on a wooden door frame on the left, looking directly at the camera with a contemplative expression. On the right, a young man stands inside a rustic room, hands in pockets, smiling slightly towards the camera. The room appears worn, with wooden planks for walls and floor, and a couple of jugs and a radio on the floor beside the man. Handwritten text at the bottom of the image includes names and a date, suggesting personal or artistic significance.

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Date
1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 9 11/16in. (32.4 × 24.6 cm)

Accession number
2003.3

Edition
7/25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist and Catherine Edelman Gallery

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/18563

Exhibitions

Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection

Feb 6–May 22, 2004

Shelby Lee Adams
4 works in the collection

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