Deborah Luster

East Carroll Parish Prison Farm #14, Transylvania, Louisiana
1999

A person's forearm and hand are extended, with a tattoo of a mermaid visible on the forearm. The hand is holding a small, old photograph of a smiling boy. The wrist has a hospital bracelet on it. The background is a plain, dark surface.

A person's forearm and hand are extended, with a tattoo of a mermaid visible on the forearm. The hand is holding a small, old photograph of a smiling boy. The wrist has a hospital bracelet on it. The background is a plain, dark surface.

Not on view

Date
1999

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Photographic emulsion on aluminum with varnish

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 4in. (12.7 × 10.2 cm)

Accession number
2004.22.11

Series
One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana

Edition
4/25

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/20963

Exhibitions

Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection

Feb 6–May 22, 2004

Deborah Luster
12 works in the collection

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