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Jim Goldberg

I think it is best to present myself as being kind, polite and pleasant

1982, printed 1984

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Jim Goldberg

I think it is best to present myself as being kind, polite and pleasant

1982, printed 1984

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 x 278 mm. (14 x 10 15/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "Rich and Poor"
Credit Line Gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number 1998.203
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Gamynne Guillotte and Oliver Shell, Joseph Education Center, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Imagining Home," April 12 - October 31, 2017.
Rich and Poor: Photographs by Jim Goldberg, New York: Random House, 1985, ill. section 2, 74th unnumbered page

Inscribed: Verso, hand-written in graphite: LL, '104'; LR, 'Jim Goldberg 1982/84'; UR, 'JG.017.2'

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Jim Goldberg

American, born 1953

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