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Jim Goldberg

We are a contemporary family

1979-1983

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Jim Goldberg

We are a contemporary family

1979-1983

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 x 278 mm. (14 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number 1998.201
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Imagining Home
Rich and Poor: Photographs by Jim Goldberg, New York: Random House, 1985, ill. section 2, 62nd unnumbered page

Inscribed: Verso, hand-written in graphite: LR, 'Jim G. 1980/84'; UR, 'JG.015.2'. Face, in black ink, below image: 'We are a contemporary family. We don't want to be a part of the masses. We want to live with style! JoAnn Roberts'

Artist

Jim Goldberg

1952–2000

American, born 1953
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