Sally Mann

Virginia at 5
1990, printed 1993

A black and white photograph of a young girl with curly hair looking directly at the camera with a solemn expression. She has leaves stuck to her chest and arm, and an adult's hand is visible on the left side of the frame, gently touching her shoulder. The background is softly blurred with natural tones.

A black and white photograph of a young girl with curly hair looking directly at the camera with a solemn expression. She has leaves stuck to her chest and arm, and an adult's hand is visible on the left side of the frame, gently touching her shoulder. The background is softly blurred with natural tones.

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Date
1990, printed 1993

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 23 15/16in. (50.3 × 60.8 cm) Image: 19 × 23 1/8in. (48.3 × 58.7 cm)

Accession number
93.45

Edition
9/25

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

Rights and reproductions
© Sally Mann, Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

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