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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.27
People
Marcia Resnick, American (Brooklyn, NY born 1950)
Title
She painted racing stripes on her hula hoop in hopes that it would go faster.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Re-visions
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1978
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361097

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On verso, l.r., in graphite: Marcia Resnick
  • inscription: On recto, in graphite: FROM "RE-VISIONS" SHE PAINTED RACING STRIPES ON HER HULA HOOP IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD GO FASTER. MARCIA RESNICK

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Deborah Bell Photographs, NY], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.27
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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