Mary Ellen Mark

Nancy Spungen Portrait, Bars
1977, printed 1980s

A black and white photograph of a young woman with curly blonde hair sitting at a table. She is wearing a striped shirt, a black skirt, and has a cigarette in her hand. There's a small glass in front of her on the table, and the background is indistinct with another person partially visible.
A black and white photograph of a young woman with curly blonde hair sitting at a table. She is wearing a striped shirt, a black skirt, and has a cigarette in her hand. There's a small glass in front of her on the table, and the background is indistinct with another person partially visible.

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Date
1977, printed 1980s

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 15 7/8in. (51 × 40.3 cm) Image: 18 5/8 × 12 7/16in. (47.3 × 31.6 cm)

Accession number
2020.200

Edition
4/25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard Greenberg

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/64203

Mary Ellen Mark
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